Virus has Brazil’s Bolsonaro facing governor ‘insurrection’
Brazil’s governors on Wednesday rebelled against President Jair Bolsonaro’s call for life to return to pre-coronavirus normalcy, saying his proposal to reopen schools and businesses runs counter to recommendations from health experts and endangers Latin America’s largest population.
State governors, many of whom have adopted strict measures to limit gatherings in their regions, defied the president’s instructions in a nationwide address Tuesday evening that they lift the restrictions and limit isolation only to the elderly and those with longstanding health problems.
The governors weren’t the only defiant ones.
Virus plans challenged by Bolsonaro were upheld by the Supreme Court.
The heads of both congressional houses criticized his televised speech. Companies donated supplies to state anti-virus efforts.
And even some of his staunch supporters joined his detractors.
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