Inside the Americas - Brazil: Senate panel backs criminal charges against Bolsonaro over Covid-19 policies

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Inside the Americas - Brazil: Senate panel backs criminal charges against Bolsonaro over Covid-19 policies

A Brazilian Senate committee has backed criminal charges against President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. A 1,200-page report accuses the president of downplaying the disease and questioning the safety of vaccines, exposing the public to mass infections. However, the Senate committee doesn't have the power to bring charges, and it's unlikely that the attorney general or lower house speaker will open criminal proceedin…

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Criminal charges against Brazil’s Bolsonaro backed

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Senators back criminal charges against Bolsonaro …over COVID-19 handling

Brazilian senators have voted to recommend charging President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the devastating COVID-19pandemic.A Senate panel backed a report calling for charges against Mr Bolsonaro including crimes against humanity, after 600,000 deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19).The findings will be sent to the chief prosecutor, a Bolsonaro appointee.The president has maintained he is “guilty of absolutely nothing” but the crisis has dent…