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Brazil's president says he is taking hydroxychloroquine to cure his coronavirus. Scientists have long said it doesn't work.
Jair Bolsonaro told TV Brasil he felt unwell from the "little flu" over the weekend, but claimed ta…
Bill Bostock
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was with the US ambassador to Brazil just days before testing positive for COVID-19
Bolsonaro went to the US Embassy in the Brazlian capital on Saturday for a July 4th celebration, da…
John Haltiwanger
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19 after repeatedly flouting public health recommendations
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has flouted public health recommendations, has tested posit…
John Haltiwanger
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Trump lauds 'great friend' Jair Bolsonaro, as the Brazilian president has 9 criminal charges recommended against him
Jair Bolsonaro, dubbed the "Trump of the Tropics," has been widely criticized for pushing fake news…
Matthew Loh
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Photos show healthcare workers visiting remote river communities in Brazil, as coronavirus cases grow at an alarming rate
On both Tuesday and on Wednesday, Brazil recorded more than 30,000 new cases. The country has repor…
Natalie Colarossi
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Brazil wiped months of data from its official COVID-19 tracker, the latest attempt by Jair Bolsonaro to play down the crisis
On Friday, the Ministry of Health's website went offline. It went back up on Saturday, but without …
Bill Bostock
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Brazil is easing restrictions even though coronavirus deaths are at their highest, with President Bolsonaro saying death is 'everyone's destiny'
COVID-19 deaths in Brazil reached record highs on Tuesday and Wednesday. Its president has so far r…
Bill Bostock
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Brazil's indigenous people face a possible 'genocide' as their coronavirus death rate soars even higher than the rest of the hard-hit country
The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil found the coronavirus death rate among Brazil's in…
Sinéad Baker
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Brazilian President Bolsonaro's response mirrors the Trump playbook from praising protesters to touting unproven remedies — and the death toll is mounting
"We're in a state of calamity," Carlos Fortaleza, an epidemiologist at São Paulo State University, …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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How Brazil went from carnival floats to mass graves. Photos that show the world's latest coronavirus hotspot.
Brazil's hospitals, morgues, and cemeteries has been grappling with a rising number of coronavirus …
Sophia Ankel
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the WHO of encouraging sexual activity in children in a now-deleted Facebook post
Business Insider could find no proof for Bolsonaro's retracted claim that the WHO actively advises …
James Pasley
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Brazilian president Bolsonaro hospitalized by hiccups that started 10 days ago and won't go away
The Brazilian president is in the hospital after more than 10 days of hiccups has left him with sto…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Facebook and Twitter blocked videos from Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for coronavirus misinformation
Twitter was not immediately available for comment when contacted by Business Insider, but a spokesm…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro bizarrely suggests COVID-19 vaccines could turn people into crocodiles or bearded ladies
Brazil's president suggested that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has strange side effects and the coun…
Joshua Zitser
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Brazil's daily COVID-19 death toll tops 2,000 for first time
The Brazilian health ministry said 2,286 deaths were registered in the last 24 hours. The previ…
PTI
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Brazilian President Bolsonaro's son suspended from Twitch after coronavirus denial: 'What pandemic? This is a media invention'
A son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a popular Twitch streamer, has been banned from the pl…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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After Trump's Twitter ban, critics want other populists like Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro and India's Narendra Modi booted from social media
Critics see tech platforms' Trump ban as an opportunity to deplatform other populist politicians wh…
Shona Ghosh
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Brazilian President Bolsonaro suggested his people are naturally immune to the coronavirus, claiming they can swim in sewage and 'nothing happens'
"I don't think it will reach that point. Especially because Brazilians have to be studied," Bolsona…
Ashley Collman
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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez confirms he tested positive for coronavirus after meeting with Jair Bolsonaro's delegation this week
"If we did not shake hands or you did not come into contact with me if I coughed or sneezed, there …
Kayla Epstein
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Trump won't self-quarantine despite potential coronavirus exposure from Bolsonaro aide that caused 2 Republican senators to isolate
At least two of those congressmen, Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia and Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, had…