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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 12:33 AM Mar 2020

Brazil's State Governors Ignore Bolsonaro's Request to Relax Quarantine

Source: Folha (Brazil)


President rails against isolation, and is criticized by doctors and politicians
Mar.26.2020 2:07PM

SÃO PAULO, RIO DE JANEIRO and BRASÍLIA
Jair Bolsonaro continued to minimize the impact of the novel coronavirus and encouraged Brazilians to cut their quarantine short—advice that goes against health experts and a worldwide trend.

The president intensified his political fight with governors and members of Congress, lost more allies, talked about democratic instability. State governors ignored him and decided to maintain their restrictive measures.

Bolsonaro's speech on Tuesday (24), which attacked the press and defended the resumption of school, was repudiated by those in medicine and politics. General Hamilton Mourão even went against the president and supported isolation.

Not only did the president's position provoke an official meeting with João Doria (PSDB), a potential opponent for 2022, but it also led to the break with former allies, such as Ronaldo Caiado (DEM-GO) and Commander Moisés (PSL-SC).

Read more: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2020/03/brazils-state-governors-ignore-bolsonaros-request-to-relax-quarantine.shtml?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsen

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Brazil's State Governors Ignore Bolsonaro's Request to Relax Quarantine (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2020 OP
Bolsonaro is another trump, on everything still_one Mar 2020 #1
My son is in quarantine ... rustysgurl Mar 2020 #2
Wow. What a tremendous post. So good to hear what your son has shared. Judi Lynn Mar 2020 #3
I can imagine how many were infected while at Carnival. BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #4
Oh, good. 45 will have someone to commiserate with when US governors do the same. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2020 #5

rustysgurl

(1,040 posts)
2. My son is in quarantine ...
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 12:52 AM
Mar 2020

... in Belo Horizonte. Presumptive positive; test results pending. He was scheduled to leave the country tomorrow, but that flight has been cancelled. Thankfully the doctors there, in addition to the Minas Gerais governor, are not listening to this idiot, and are enforcing quarantines. The US Embassy website for Brazil clearly warns US citizens in country that they can be prosecuted by local authorities for breaking local quarantines, with little judicial recourse. Hell, even the organized crime groups in the favelas around Rio and Sao Paulo have essentially taken over, telling the government in a statement (and I'm paraphrasing here) that says, "if the government won't take care of things -- we will."

Bottom line, just like here, the "President" of Brazil is a tool, but the local and state governments are stepping up to help their people.

Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
3. Wow. What a tremendous post. So good to hear what your son has shared.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 01:19 AM
Mar 2020

It does seem the local authorities have so much more respect for human beings in that country.

Hoping you will be getting some good news soon. Thank you.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
4. I can imagine how many were infected while at Carnival.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 01:20 AM
Mar 2020

Streets are packed with people for days in large cities in Brazil. That was about 3 weeks ago.

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