Editor-in-chief Gustavo Ribeiro spoke to Al Jazeera English about Jair Bolsonaro’s denialist approach to the coronavirus crisis. Brazil’s right-wing president is placing the burden of tackling Covid-19 on the country’s state administrations in the hope that he will benefit, he said. “If the (locally imposed) measures work and the community can see some normality returning he will say ‘Look: I told you it was nothing’,” said Mr. Ribeiro.
You can watch the full interview on Al Jazeera English here:
Background reading:
- How the coronavirus changes Brazilian politics. And how it does not (Matthew Richmond)
- The coronavirus has drastically upended Brazil’s 2020 municipal elections (Weekly Report)
- Indigenous communities at risk of “genocide” with Covid-19 outbreak (Euan Marshall)
- Between a rock and a hard place, Bolsonaro favors economy over health (Euan Marshall)
- Low testing casts doubt over Covid-19 reality in Brazil (Brenno Grillo and Lucas Berti)