At one point, Brazil's president even hoists a young boy onto his shoulders.
MASK-LESS. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters upon arrival at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on May 24, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Evaristo Sa/AFP
BRASILIA, Brazil – President Jair Bolsonaro hit the streets Sunday, May 24, for a rally with his supporters, ditching his face mask and breaking social distancing measures even as coronavirus cases surged in Brazil. The far-right president arrived at the rally outside the presidential palace in Brasilia in a white surgical mask, but soon took it off to greet the cheering crowd, shake hands and embrace supporters, at one point even hoisting a young boy onto his shoulders.With nearly 350,000 confirmed cases, Brazil now has the second-biggest caseload in the world, after the United States. It has registered more than 22,000 deaths.
The probe took a shocking twist Friday when the Supreme Court judge who ordered it, Celso de Mello, released a video of an April 22 cabinet meeting that investigators have been analyzing for evidence. In the expletive-laced video, Bolsonaro and his ministers sling insults at state governors, talk of jailing Supreme Court judges, and barely mention the coronavirus pandemic at a moment when it was snowballing in Brazil.He has– Rappler.com
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