DNYUZ: Brazil Coup: Threats Rattle Bolsonaro as Coronavirus Deaths Surge
The threats are swirling around the president: Deaths from the virus in Brazil each day are now the highest in the world. Investors are fleeing the country. The president, his sons and his allies are under investigation. His election could even be overturned.
The crisis has grown so intense that some of the most powerful military figures in Brazil are warning of instability — sending shudders that they could take over and dismantle Latin America’s largest democracy.
But far from denouncing the idea, President Jair Bolsonaro’s inner circle seems to be clamoring for the military to step into the fray. In fact, one of the president’s sons, a congressman who has praised the country’s former military dictatorship, said a similar institutional break was inevitable.
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WNU Editor: I doubt that the Brazilian military, or any military in the world, wants to assume power while this pandemic is rampaging the world. But what I do know is that this pandemic has clearly unnerved Brazil. According to John Hopkins University, there are currently 740,000 cases and 38,500 deaths there are no signs that Brazil is close to reaching a plateau.
Update: Coronavirus: Brazil resumes publishing Covid-19 data after court ruling (Brazil).
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