Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro's supporters took to the streets in June 2020 in support of the federal government | Szucinski/Alamy Stock Photo

Brazil President’s Fans Call Him Myth and Are Encouraged to Defy Science and Books

Recent polls suggest that the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, is the favorite to win ...

Cemetery workers are forced to don protective clothing during a funeral service in the state of Manaus

Enough with the Fussiness, Stop the “Mimimi”, Blurts Out Brazilian President Faced with Covid

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said that people needed to “stop whining” about COVID-19 in ...

A mural showing Bolsonaro holding a sign that says: 'It's just a minor cold' | Cris Faga/NurPhoto/PA Images

Brazil’s President Says Military Is Above Constitution and Threatens a Coup

Throughout the pandemic, Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, downplayed the threat posed by Covid-19. In ...

A municipal health worker and an environmental military police officer carry the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine to an Indigenous hut in Manaus, Brazil. - REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Pastors in Brazil Telling Amazon Indians Covid Vaccine Will Turn Them into Alligators

Medical teams working to immunize Brazil’s remote indigenous villages against the coronavirus have encountered ...

Indigenous Leader Sonia Guajajara of the Guajajara tribe. Reuters

Anti-vaxxers Kill Brazil Indian Leader After She Gets Covid Vaccine. It Was Fake News

Hours after Sonia Guajajara became one of Brazil’s first indigenous women to get a ...

Brazilian military in the Amazon

Amazon Deforestation to Endanger Hydropower and Water Supply in Brazil’s Big Cities

Climate change will increase the burdens on Brazil’s armed forces and endanger the country’s ...

A motoboy in São Paulo delivering food

Underage Delivery App Workers Way Too Common in Brazil

Cases of children working for food delivery apps in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Donald Trump at the White House, after a press conference

What Does Trump’s Downfall Mean to Brazil and the Left Around the World

No wind can help those who don’t know where they are going. Though barely ...

Taina Rosa (left) and Lauana Nara, candidates in this week's municipal elections, want more Black women in office. | Credit: Dokttor Bhu Bhu and Allan Calisto

It’s Been a Hard Fight, But Black Women Are Gaining Space in Brazilian Politics

“When she was murdered, the Black women’s movement dealt with this collective trauma by ...