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Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a face mask amid the new coronavirus pandemic, waves to supporters as he leaves the official residence of Alvorada palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. (AP)

In Bolsonaro's Brazil, everyone but himself is to blame for virus

The president is deflecting all responsibility for the current crisis, blaming mayors, governors, an outgoing health...

26 May 2020 5:57 AM GMT

Medical workers attend to a COVID-19 patient at the Sao Jose municipal hospital, in Duque de Caxias, Brazil. (AP)

Brazil passes Italy and Spain in confirmed coronavirus cases

Brazil's Health Ministry registered 14,919 new confirmed cases in the prior 24 hours, taking the total to 233,142

17 May 2020 8:46 AM GMT

The medical team of the Brazilian Armed Forces arrives at the Cruzeirinho village, near Palmeiras do Javari, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on June 18, 2020, to assist indigenous population amid the COVID-19 pandemic.(AFP)

Brazil tops 1 million cases as coronavirus spreads inland

Specialists believe the actual number of cases in Brazil could be up to seven times higher than the official statistics

20 Jun 2020 3:45 AM GMT

An aerial picture taken on August 28, 2019 shows deforestation in Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve in Altamira, Para State, Brazil, in the Amazon basin. (AFP)

Brazil deforested 10,000 square km of Amazon rainforest in 2019 alone

Environmental advocates and scientific researchers blame the policies of right-wing president Bolsonaro for emboldening...

11 Jun 2020 3:25 AM GMT

A nurse works at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward where patients infected with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, are being treated at the Doctor Ernesto Che Guevara Public Hospital in Marica city, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazi. (AFP)

Brazil government halts daily virus updates as data befuddles experts

Critics call the move an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease in Latin America's largest nation

7 Jun 2020 4:54 AM GMT

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (C). (AFP)

Bolsonaro threatens to pull Brazil from WHO over 'ideological bias'

WHO had earlier warned Latin American governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of...

6 Jun 2020 5:15 AM GMT

Jair Bolsonaro allies' Twitter, Facebook accounts blocked on court's...

Members of Bolsonaro's inner circle are alleged to have run a social media campaign to discredit the Supreme Court and...

25 July 2020 12:16 PM GMT

Aerial view showing smoke billowing from a part of the Amazon rainforest reserve north of Sinop, in Mato Grosso State, Brazil. (AFP)

Amazon fires a 'lie', claims Brazil's Bolsonaro

Satellite data from Brazil's national space agency show number of forest fires in the Amazon rose by 28 percent last...

12 Aug 2020 7:02 AM GMT