Outrage in Brazil as Jair Bolsonaro avoids five charges related to Covid response

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Outrage in Brazil as Jair Bolsonaro avoids five charges related to Covid response

Senators call for investigation into top prosecutor after charges against president shelved

Andrew Downie
Wed 27 Jul 2022 14.25 BST
First published on Wed 27 Jul 2022 14.24 BST

Brazilian senators are calling for an investigation into one of the country’s top prosecutors after she shelved several charges against the president, Jair Bolsonaro, over his mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A damning congressional inquiry had recommended that Bolsonaro be charged with nine offences, including crimes against humanity and charlatanism, for promoting false treatments such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin.

The far-right president constantly downplayed the severity of the pandemic, initially calling it “a little flu” and telling Brazilians to man up because “we are all going to die anyway”.

Bolsonaro ignored early emails from Pfizer offering to sell Brazil vaccines and was slow to accept a Brazilian alternative, losing time that cost tens of thousands of lives. He also urged Brazilians not to stay at home and not to use masks and his government launched a campaign titled ‘Brazil cannot stop’.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/27/outrage-brazil-jair-bolsonaro-avoids-five-charges-related-to-covid-response

[bahboo]

1. vote him out...all you can do...