Presidential meeting on March 26, 2020. Photo: Marcos Corrêa/PR
President Jair Bolsonaro’s chief security officer and retired Army General Augusto Heleno raised eyebrows when he returned to work just a week after being diagnosed with Covid-19. He was not wearing a protective mask, nor did he keep the recommended 1.5-meter distance from his colleagues. While his return seems rushed, Brazil’s Federal Register offers a hint at why Gen. Heleno abandoned his quarantine and returned to work so quickly — on Friday, he signed an ordinance defining the cybersecurity directives to be respected by 5G infrastructure providers in Brazil.
Before the Covid-19 outbreak exploded, there was some hope that Brazil could hold its auction of 5G frequencies by the end of this year. While that now seems like a pipe dream, the ordinance Gen. Heleno signed is an important step into pushing Brazil to the next generation of internet connections.
What is interesting about this ordinance is that it places Brazil...
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