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Brazil Senate Inquiry Probes Bolsonaro’s ‘Scandalous’ Covaxin Deal with India
By Shobhan Saxena and Florencia Costa. Originally published at The Wire India. In November 2020, when Bharat Biotech offered to sell its indigenously-made COVID-19 …
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The Beginning Of The End: #29M Anti-Bolsonaro Protests
On Saturday May 29, 2021, Brazil saw its biggest public mobilisations since the Coronavirus pandemic began. Hundreds of thousands of protesters, organised in 213 cities …
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May 29 Protests: Horror At Bolsonaro Beat Fear Of The Virus
By Tereza Cruvinel This is what they were saying on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of people came to the the streets across the …
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Brazil’s Ex-Health Minister: “250 thousand deaths could have been prevented with Coronavac alone”
By Julinho Bittencourt. Revista Forum. Former Health Minister Artur Chioro, commenting on an excerpt from the testimony of the Butantan Institute’s director, Dimas Covas, …
Brazilian Vaccine Production Halted After Bolsonaro’s China Attacks
By Nathalia Urban The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) interrupted its production of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine due to lack of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (IFA). The …
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Sabotage and Denial: Brazil’s Disastrous Coronavirus Response
The following interview with Brasil Wire co-editor Brian Mier was conducted by Şerbet Sağlam for the Turkish newspaper Gazete Duvar. Şerbet Sağlam: In the …
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Nicolelis: Brazil’s Pandemic Is A ‘Biological Fukushima’
In an article for Scientific American magazine, Brazilian Scientist Miguel Nicolelis compared Brazil’s Coronavirus pandemic to Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, and warns that …
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Brazil is ground-zero for the genocidal logic of U.S. vaccine diplomacy
Whilst the United States rushes to complete the vaccination of its own people, Brazil witnesses massive loss of life. Reduced to pawns in the …
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Brazil’s Senate Approves Emergency Covid Patent Breaking Bill, Defying Bolsonaro
The Brazilian Senate has approved a bill that allows for the temporary breaking of patents on vaccines, medicines and tests for the duration of …
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With 400,000 Dead, Brazil Regulator Slammed For “Political” Veto Of Russian Vaccine
Brazilian states attempting to buy Russia’s Sputnik V, and its manufacturer, both denounce regulatory agency Anvisa’s “political decision” to block the vaccine’s importation to …
