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Jair Bolsonaro is someone who should apologize. Recently, in the face of the rising number of Covid deaths in Brazil, the tough president ordered the population to avoid “agitating and complaining. “
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But Bolsonaro’s bravado is not on par with what the BBC describes as the “biggest crisis of his presidency,” after the heads of his army, armed forces and air force resigned this week as the country’s coronavirus death toll hit record highs.
The “unprecedented resignation” of his defense chiefs comes after Bolsonaro’s “attempts to exert undue pressure on the military,” even as his “popularity has plummeted” due to his handling of the coronavirus crisis, the channel reports.
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Joe Evans is the global news editor at TheWeek. co. uk. He joined TheWeek. co. uk in 2019 and held positions as associate editor and interim editor-in-chief before assuming his current role in early 2021. He is a regular panelist on The Podcast Week Unwrapped, which discusses politics and foreign affairs.
Prior to joining The Week, she worked as a freelance journalist covering the UK and Ireland for German newspapers and magazines. A series of reports on Brexit and the Irish border earned him a nomination for the Hostwriter Award in 2019. Before moving to London, she lived and worked in Cambodia, where she directed communications for a non-governmental organization and worked as a journalist covering Southeast Asia. She holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from the City of London, University of London and in the past studied English Literature at the University. of Manchester.