i wasnât gonna make this post a big of a deal but i was thinking and⊠please pay attention to brazil.Â
most cities are either going back to ânormalâ (re-opening business, public transportation, parks/beaches) or, like sĂŁo paulo and rio, they never went fully quarantined. those are also the most dense cities in brazil, and⊠the cities with the most cases. not to mention that brazil is one of the countries that is doing the least amount of tests in the population. so, 600k is not even half of it.
we are reaching 30 days without a health minister because the last two were fired directly by the president, when they were doing according to what the world health org said.
https://brazilian.report/coronavirus-brazil-live-blog/
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-52367849/coronavirus-advice-ignored-by-brazil-s-president-jair-bolsonaro?intlink_from_url=&link_location=live-reporting-map 40k infected in late april
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52307339
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/05/brazil-coronavirus-covid-19-virus-doctor
https://www.france24.com/en/20200606-bolsonaro-threatens-to-quit-who-as-covid-19-kills-a-brazilian-per-minuteÂ
with the blm movement news spreading, the main cities in brazil are organizing/organized protests in support, only to be faced with police brutality and violence;Â
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/03/brazil-suffers-its-own-scourge-police-brutality âTo put that in perspective, imagine police in the United States killing at a similar rate; they would be responsible for more than 36,000 deaths each year. Instead, US police shoot and kill about 1,000 people per year.â
some politicians are also trying to pass another law that would put antifas in the same category as terrorists.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/06/bras-j06.html âBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once again denounced demonstrators joining marches in five Brazilian cities held in solidarity with the protests in United States as âterroristsâ and âoutcastsâ aiming to âbreak the country.â
not to mention that deforastation is taking its peak as we speak right now. rodrigo salles, our environment minister, said that âwe should take advantage of covid to loosen the anti-deforastation lawsâ
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/05/the-guardian-view-on-brazil-and-the-amazon-dont-look-away
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/world/americas/amazon-deforestation-brazil.html
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/brazil-minister-advises-using-covid-19-to-distract-from-amazon-deregulation/
âIn a Brazilian cabinet meeting Environment Minister Ricardo Salles was caught on video declaring that the COVID-19 pandemic which has killed more than 23,000 of his fellow citizens offers a distraction during which the government can ârun the cattle herdâ through the Amazon, âchanging all the rules and simplifying standards.â
so, i know things are getting hard for everyone. but please, pay attention to whatâs happening in brazil.