Current Events > Think Trump is bad? Get a load of the Brazil president

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-bolsonaro-health-minister-coronavirus-1.5571440

Bolsonaro's handling of the coronavirus has been widely criticized globally as he has minimized the severity of the disease and told Brazilians to ignore quarantine restrictions.

The loss of his second health minister in less than a month spurred criticism of the right-wing president from politicians, and calls for his impeachment. In Rio de Janeiro and So Paulo, where the disease has pushed public hospitals to capacity, Brazilians banged pot and pans from their windows in protest, as they have throughout the pandemic.

"Bolsonaro does not want a technical minister, he wants someone who agrees with his ideological insanity, like ending social distancing and using chloroquine," Molon said in a statement.

Brazil has now surpassed Germany and France in the number of coronavirus cases, with more than 200,000 people infected with the virus as of Thursday, when the health ministry reported 844 new deaths, bringing the death toll to 13,933.

Bolsonaro has railed against the economic damage caused by state and local government social distancing measures, taking his campaign to reopen the economy to Brazil's business community on Thursday.

In a video conference, he told a gathering of business leaders to "play tough" with So Paulo Governor Joo Doria, who has issued social distancing orders and said he will not comply with Bolsonaro's latest decree to reopen gyms and beauty salons.

"Will people die? Unfortunately, people will die. Unfortunately, no matter what, with a lockdown or not, we will continue to lose lives," Bolsonaro said.

"Now the number of lives that will be lost from the economic chaos, because of the lockdowns, will be much much greater."

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and why do the crazy plans always involve hydroxychloroquine lol

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https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-05-18-20-intl/h_c520f5cf8f020d1ab71018005285e9e8

Looks like things could be hitting the fan soon. Their president has been at the protests as an active participant. You'd think Trump encouraging a revolt on Twitter would be the worst thing a president could do, but I guess it could actually be worse.

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This might be true.

But I always say, if your argument is, America isn't that bad, just look at Rwanda...there's an issue.
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SiO4 posted...

This might be true.

But I always say, if your argument is, America isn't that bad, just look at Rwanda...there's an issue.

For sure. Being better than shit is never a compliment.

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LeperMessiahXX posted...

For sure. Being better than shit is never a compliment.

You know
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