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Brazil’s former health minister shields Bolsonaro in COVID-19 inquiry
Former Brazil’s Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello is seen after a meeting of the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (CPI) to investigate government actions and management during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Federal Senate in Brasilia, Brazil May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado Former Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello denied on Wednesday that Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro …
Brazil’s meat plant workers at risk from ‘inconceivable’ plan to cut break times | Brazil
The health of hundreds of thousands of meat plant workers in Brazil is at risk from an industry-backed plan to reduce breaks given to employees, say workers’ rights groups in the country. In the midst of a pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 350,000 Brazilians, President Jair Bolsonaro’s government, parliament and the …
Brazil’s president tests negative for coronavirus
Being obese or heavily overweight increases the risk of death from coronavirus, according to a new report from Public Health England. Obese people are not at greater risk of catching the virus itself but are significantly more likely to become seriously ill and be admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with the virus compared …
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says DiCaprio gave cash ‘to set Amazon on fire’
Image copyright AFP Image caption Fires that burned in August caused global concern for the “lungs of the planet” Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has accused Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio of “giving money to set the Amazon on fire”. The president gave no evidence but in the past has accused NGOs critical of his policies of …
Amazon fires: The volunteer firefighters battling to save Brazil’s rainforest
Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil – the most intense blazes for almost a decade. One group of nature lovers has taken matters into its own hands. When the volunteer firefighters of Alter do Chão learn of a fire in their area, they head there armed with rudimentary equipment. Often they …
Bolivia: catastrophic wildfires devastate forest in echo of Brazil’s Amazon crisis | World news
As fires continue to rage in Brazil, nearly a million hectares (6,200 sq miles) of farmland and unique dry forest have been destroyed by weeks of blazes across the border in Bolivia, where the flames have now reached the country’s Amazon region. Initial estimates indicate 600 hectares of rainforest have been destroyed in the north-eastern …
