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With the second-highest COVID-19 death toll in the world, Brazil is experiencing a huge surge in new cases. Nevertheless, Business Insider reports the country's president, Jair Bolsonaro, says he has no plans to take Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine against the virus. Bolsonaro has already had COVID-19 and says he is now immune. He called those who criticize his refusal to be vaccinated 'idiots' and 'imbeciles. Thursday, Bolsonaro suggested that the vaccine could produce bizarre side-effects, such as women growing beards or men speaking in effeminate voices. In the Pfizer contract, it's very clear. 'We're not responsible for any side effects.' If you turn into a crocodile, that's your problem. Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil
The death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic in Brazil appears to be climbing in direct proportion to the popularity of President Jair Bolsonaro. Business Insider reports that in December of 2019, when Brazil had not a single case of COVID-19, Bolsonaro was polling at 29%. But in late September, he hit an all-time high approval rating, with 40% of Brazilians regarding him as 'good/excellent.' Bolsonaro has been criticized for underestimating the virus and his government is accused of covering up the real death toll. His secret to political survival may be an emergency scheme launched in April, subsidizing tens of millions with cash payments of up to $217 per month.
Brazilian police officers leave the headquarters of Bolsonaro's Liberal Party with seized objects, one of the dozens of raids carried targeting suspects accused of orchestrating an invasion of the seat of power last year. The raids were authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who also ordered that multiple suspects be suspended from public duties and surrender their passports within 24 hours. That included Bolsonaro, whose lawyer and adviser Fabio Wajngarten confirmed in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, that the far-right ex-army captain would comply with the order. IMAGES
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro arrives at Rio de Janeiro's Santos Dumont airport, from Brasilia, as his trial resumes before the Brazilian electoral courts, a crucial date for the far-right ex-president, threatened with eight years of ineligibility barely six months after leaving office with a heavy heart. IMAGES
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro says "we expect victory, for the good of Brazil," as he leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in a tight presidential runoff in which he faces leftist ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. IMAGES
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives at an event accompanied by his wife Michelle Bolsonaro, to launch his presidential campaign in Juiz de Fora, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, where he was nearly killed in a stabbing attack four years ago. IMAGES
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