Brazil’s inquiry into Covid disaster suggests Bolsonaro committed ‘crimes against life’

Televised congressional investigation looks at political decisions that lead to crisis that has killed half a million

A congressional inquiry into Brazil's disastrous response to the coronavirus pandemic has found mounting evidence that Jair Bolsonaro's administration committed crimes against life", according to the senior politician leading the investigation.

Launched in April to scrutinize the government's handling of a crisis that has killed half a million citizens, the nationally televised investigation is digging into the political decisions that led up to one of the cruelest moments in the country's history.