2 Jul 2021

Covid and Populism: the nightmare in Brazil

South America’s biggest country has been struggling with pandemic since the start. Brazil reached a grim milestone of half a million deaths from the virus. 

South America’s biggest country has been struggling with pandemic since the start. Brazil reached a grim milestone of half a million deaths from the virus.

And it’s this number that’s been written on signs at demonstrations all over the country. Some Brazilians have become so exasperated they’re out on the streets, putting them at risk to the virus, to protest against the man they blame for this covid-19 crisis, President Jair Bolsonaro, a  president who is known for craving alternative facts.

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