Brazil's health and democracy are both on the brink

Update: 2021-04-01

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Brazil's Covid-19 case numbers and deaths have hit staggering new highs in the past month: over 60,000 died in March alone. Now it is facing a political crisis to match its health crisis. President Jair Bolsonaro, his authority undermined by the raging pandemic, sacked his defence minister and three top military chiefs in what looks like a struggle for control over the armed forces. Tom Hennigan in Sao Paolo reports.

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Brazil's health and democracy are both on the brink

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Brazil's health and democracy are both on the brink

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Brazil's health and democracy are both on the brink