By: Raphael Tsavkko Garcia
August 5, 2021
https://www.latinorebels.com/2021/08/05 ... arobrazil/
Introduction:
(Latino Rebels) Brazil ended the month of July with more than 550,000 people dead from the pandemic amid signs of weakening of the government, which still maneuvers in every possible way to survive the pressure from the streets.
For the first time since he was elected, polls show a majority of public opinion in favor of impeaching the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who recently met with German Neo-Nazi MP Beatrix von Storch in Brasília. von Storch is the granddaughter of Hitler’s finance minister —Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk— and one of the more visible leaders of the right-wing AfD party. The meeting was condemned by progressive Jewish organizations.
Anti-Bolsonaro pressure is pilling up. On July 24, the third wave of demonstrations had millions in the streets all over the country and also in several cities all over the world. And in addition to popular pressure, the Attorney General’s Office asked the Supreme Court earlier this month for permission to open an investigation against the president to find out what role he played in the crisis involving the overpriced purchase of the Covaxin vaccine.
Documents used by Precisa —which mediated the negotiation between the Brazilian government and the Indian manufacturer of the Covaxin vaccine, Bharat Biotech— were fraudulent, leading the Indian laboratory to cancel its partnership with the Brazilian company and put more pressure on the government.
Soon Minister Rosa Weber was opening an investigation and the Federal Police began to investigate whether Bolsonaro had committed a crime. The deadline for completion of the investigation is 90 days with the possibility of an extension. And the president is not the only one being investigated—the former Health Minister, Eduardo Pazuello, was accused by the Federal Public Ministry of causing 122 million reais in damages to the public treasury through mismanagement during the pandemic.