Bolsonaro: suicide by COVID

The pandemic is probably going to end the political career of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s egregious president.

Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, pictured. The pandemic is so bad in Brazil now that most hospitals are rationing care, turning away COVID-stricken people whose age or underlying conditions make them less likely to survive and saving scarce beds and oxygen for those with a better chance. The death rate has been truly shocking, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

April 26, 2021

LONDON, U.K.—‘Rounding into the home stretch, it’s Italy by a full length, then the United Kingdom, with the United States and Brazil neck and neck. … No, wait. Brazil is making its move. It’s coming up on the outside…’ Is it disrespectful to portray the performance of the leading COV...

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