Débora Álvares

Brazil’s Covid hearings at a crossroads

After three weeks of depositions, the Senate's Covid inquiry has struggled to corner former government officials. Committee members have plenty…

3 years ago

Health Ministry minutes contradict Pazuello on chloroquine purchases

Unscientifically touted by President Jair Bolsonaro as a "possible cure" for Covid-19, antimalarial drug chloroquine remains at the center of…

3 years ago

Pazuello’s problematic remarks about Pfizer deal

Brazil's former Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello has been adamant in saying that the government kept "intense and direct" negotiations with…

3 years ago

Ex-Foreign Minister admits cutting ties with Chinese ambassador

During his deposition to the Senate's coronavirus inquiry, former Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo admitted that he requested the removal of…

3 years ago

Ex-Foreign Minister: Bolsonaro requested chloroquine diplomacy

During his testimony at the Senate's Covid hearings committee, former Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo said, on the record, that…

3 years ago