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    A housewife at her kitchen in a Rio de Janeiro favela

    A Personal Account of a Rio Favela Resident on His Dealing with Coronavirus

    This report from Vila Autódromo is the first in a series by favela residents ...

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    Luiz Cláudio da Silva
    A nurse wearing a mask

    Brazil Was Ready for Bad Weather. With Coronavirus It Got the Perfect Storm

    April would have been a busy month for Brazilian hospitals anyway. As the population ...

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    Beatrice Christofaro
    Quarantine may not be fun for everybody

    Getting Comfy with Covid-19 in Brazil

    I’ve been having an unusual number of birthdays, several a day in fact. It ...

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    B. Michael Rubin
    Pataxó Indian from the village Nao Xoha, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil - Washington Alves/Reuters

    Amazon Indians’ Doctor with Coronavirus Brings Fear of an Extermination

    A doctor working with the largest tribe in the Amazon has tested positive for ...

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    Anthony Boadl
    A signboard with the figure of Jair Bolsonaro and the inscription "Hysteria hurts economy" over him.

    Brazil President Keeps Churches Open and Calls Governors Criminals for Imposing Lockdowns

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro blasted as criminals the governors and mayors of Brazil’s largest ...

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    Cuban doctor Raymond Garcia in Brazil

    Cuban Doctors in Brazil Waiting for a Chance to Treat Coronavirus

    Raymond Garcia has experience with epidemics. First he treated cholera in Haiti. He battled ...

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    Beatrice Christofaro
    Waiãpi indigenous children in Amapá state, Brazil. Image by Sam Cowie/Mongabay.

    Amazon Indians Fear Coronavirus Amid a Campaign to Convert Them to Christianity

    Indigenous leaders in Brazil are acting to avert the devastating impact coronavirus could have ...

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    Sam Cowie