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Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Bolsonaro under fire as Brazil hits 300,000 virus deaths

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Mere miles from Brazil’s presidential palace, the bodies of COVID-19 victims were laid on floors of hospitals whose morgues were overflowing. Lawmakers fielded calls from panicked constituents across the country, where thousands awaited intensive care beds, and they had no effective health minister to turn to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Bolsonaro under fire as Brazil hits 300,000 virus deaths

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Mere miles from Brazil’s presidential palace, the bodies of COVID-19 victims were laid on floors of hospitals whose morgues were overflowing. Lawmakers fielded calls from panicked constituents across the country, where thousands awaited intensive care beds, and they had no effective health minister to turn to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Bolsonaro under fire as Brazil hits 300,000 virus deaths

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Mere miles from Brazil’s presidential palace, the bodies of COVID-19 victims were laid on floors of hospitals whose morgues were overflowing. Lawmakers fielded calls from panicked constituents across the country, where thousands awaited intensive care beds, and they had no effective health minister to turn to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Bolsonaro under fire as Brazil hits 300,000 virus deaths

SAO PAULO (AP) — Mere miles from Brazil’s presidential palace, the bodies of COVID-19 victims were laid on floors of hospitals whose morgues were overflowing. Lawmakers fielded calls from panicked constituents across the country, where thousands awaited intensive care beds, and they had no effective health minister to turn to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Bolsonaro's tough 2021 balance between ideology, pragmatism

BRASILIA (AP) — Brazil’s pugnacious president, Jair Bolsonaro, survived 2020 in surprisingly good shape personally and politically, with buoyant popularity ratings despite his own bout of COVID-19 and a broader pandemic that has killed nearly 200,000 of his countrymen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Bolsonaro's tough 2021 balance between ideology, pragmatism

BRASILIA (AP) — Brazil’s pugnacious president, Jair Bolsonaro, survived 2020 in surprisingly good shape personally and politically, with buoyant popularity ratings despite his own bout of COVID-19 and a broader pandemic that has killed nearly 200,000 of his countrymen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Bolsonaro's tough 2021 balance between ideology, pragmatism

BRASILIA (AP) — Brazil’s pugnacious president, Jair Bolsonaro, survived 2020 in surprisingly good shape personally and politically, with buoyant popularity ratings despite his own bout of COVID-19 and a broader pandemic that has killed nearly 200,000 of his countrymen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Bolsonaro's tough 2021 balance between ideology, pragmatism

BRASILIA (AP) — Brazil’s pugnacious president, Jair Bolsonaro, survived 2020 in surprisingly good shape personally and politically, with buoyant popularity ratings despite his own bout of COVID-19 and a broader pandemic that has killed nearly 200,000 of his countrymen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Black man killed by security guards is buried in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A Black man who died while being beaten by supermarket security guards was buried on Saturday following protests that echoed those of the racial justice movement in the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Mexico, Brazil leaders silent as world congratulates Biden

MEXICO CITY (AP) — There were two notable holdouts among the world leaders who rushed to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. elections: the leaders of Latin America’s two largest countries, both of whom have been seen as friendly to President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Bolsonaro critic, indicted in Brazil, says case is slander

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian digital influencer Felipe Neto has been indicted by Rio de Janeiro’s state police for alleged corruption of minors, prompting concern the critic of President Jair Bolsonaro may be the target of retribution for political reasons.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

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