Bolsonaro attends floating barbeque as Brazil's Covid-19 toll tops 10,000
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from on (#539CT)
Outcry over president's jet-ski outing in which he dismissed coronavirus fears as neurosis
Brazil's provocateur president has continued to brush off the coronavirus, taking a spin on a jet-ski to a floating barbecue and attacking Covid-19 neurosis" as his country's death toll rose to more than 10,000.
Jair Bolsonaro has faced domestic and international condemnation for his dismissive attitude toward the pandemic. The rightwing populist continues to play down the disease despite the growing evidence of its deadly impact on Brazil.
Continue reading...