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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for Covid-19, following months of downplaying the virus. Bolsonaro himself announced the result, speaking on Brazilian TV channels Tuesday ...
As Brazil's coronavirus infections have surged to a level surpassed only by the United States, President Jair Bolsonaro, the leader of Latin America's largest country, has followed a near ...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has long downplayed the coronavirus, says he has COVID-19. More than 65,000 Brazilians have died from the disease.
A United Nations employee cleans the microphones at the lectern after Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, who has openly said he is not vaccinated against COVID-19, spoke to the U.N. General ...
With a wry smile to cameras, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro slid down his face mask before making a statement Tuesday. After downplaying the severity of the coronavirus for months, he announced ...
Updated at 4:54 p.m. ET. Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Brazilian president, who has consistently downplayed the dangers of the virus, revealed his positive test ...
After two straight days of record COVID-19 deaths in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday told Brazilians to stop “whining” and move on, in his latest remarks attacking distancing ...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has not just downplayed but outright dismissed the COVID-19 pandemic as a "little flu." That view that has put him on a crash course with key governors, Congress ...
Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro tested negative for COVID-19 Saturday, he said in a message posted to Twitter. “BOM DIA A TODOS” — “Good morning, everyone” — he wrot… ...
Anakwa Dwamena writes about the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil, where incarcerated people are facing an acute public-health risk, and how President Jair Bolsonaro is exacerbating the crisis.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for Covid-19, after repeatedly downplaying the disease as a “little flu” and pushing to reopen Brazil’s ...