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Judi Lynn

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Tue Aug 18, 2020, 01:11 AM Aug 2020

Grandmother of Brazil's First Lady, Michelle Bolsonaro, Dies from Covid in the Federal District

Last edited Tue Aug 18, 2020, 01:47 AM - Edit history (1)

Maria Aparecida Firmo Ferreira had been diagnosed with the disease in early July

Aug.13.2020 2:07PM

Renato Machado
BRASÍLIA

The grandmother of First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro, Maria Aparecida Firmo Ferreira, 80, died at dawn on Wednesday (12). She died due from Covid-19 complications. The Federal District Health Department confirmed her death.

Maria Aparecida Firmo Ferreira was admitted to the infirmary of the Ceilândia Regional Hospital, in the Federal District. She did not resist a cardiopulmonary arrest.

Folha sought the Planalto Palace to determine whether President Jair Bolsonaro or Michelle Bolsonaro would comment but did not receive a response until the publication of this report.

Michelle Bolsonaro's grandmother had been diagnosed with Covid-19 in early July, after suffering from shortness of breath. According to reports, on July 1, she fell ill on the street in the Sol Nascente favela, in Ceilândia, where she lives, and was taken by residents to the regional hospital.

More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2020/08/grandmother-of-brazils-first-lady-michelle-bolsonaro-dies-for-covid-in-the-federal-district.shtml?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsen

Good lord, the President and his wife let her grandmother live in the slums. Un-####ing-believable.

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