Brazil's Bolsonaro headlines anti-democratic rally amid alarm over handling of coronavirus


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  • Monday, 04 May 2020

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the Alvorada Palace, after coronavirus reports in Brasilia, Brazil, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday as the number of coronavirus cases blew past 100,000 in Brazil, underlining the former army captain's increasing isolation as he downplays the impacts of the pandemic.

The right-wing Bolsonaro has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum for dismissing the threat of the virus in Brazil, which has registered 101,147 confirmed cases and 7,025 deaths, according to the most recent data from the Health Ministry.

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