‘Shameful’: Bolsonaro denounced for hosting Copa América amid pandemic
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from on (#5JH3D)
- Brazil president accused of mishandling Covid outbreak
- Football tournament moved from Colombia and Argentina
The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has sparked outrage after approving plans to hold South America's answer to the European Championship in his Covid-stricken country despite warnings Brazil is steaming into a potentially calamitous third wave of infections.
The Copa America was originally due to be co-hosted by Colombia and Argentina, but their struggles with deadly street protests and coronavirus put paid to those plans.
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