Brazil business elite blast Bolsonaro's handling of COVID-19 crisis

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters


MAR 23, 2021 12:10 PM PHT

REUTERS

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL

'The country is tired of out-of-place ideas, inconsequential words, and late or mistaken actions,' Brazilian business leaders and economists write in a letter



Hundreds of Brazilian business leaders and economists blasted President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the coronavirus crisis on Monday, March 22, and called for a new policy approach as the country grapples with spiking COVID-19 deaths and overwhelmed hospitals.

The letter, published in newspapers and signed by former central bank chiefs and some of Brazil's richest bankers, underscored a growing revolt by business leaders against the far-right president whom many had backed for his 2018 election.

Without naming Bolsonaro, they upbraided "the country's highest political leadership" for ignoring science, encouraging crowds, hyping unproven treatments, and "flirting with the anti-vaccine movement."

Speaking at an event in Brasilia, Bolsonaro did not mention the letter, but rattled off a list of economic achievements of his government during the pandemic.

Read more: https://www.rappler.com/business/brazil-elite-blast-bolsonaro-handling-covid-19-crisis

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They seem more conscientious than the "business elite" in the U.S.

[progree]

1. It's getting ugly in the world again, daily new cases up 38% since Feb 19

And up 25% in just the past 14 days (7 day average ending 3/22 compared to 7 day average ending 3/08)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html

Global Daily new cases, 7 day moving average

[Judi Lynn]

2. Thanks for your post. ⭐️

[hatrack]

3. It's almost like they noticed that something's wrong . . .

Oh well, maybe the next horse you buffoons bet on will let you gut the laws and keep on leveling the forests but will be a bit more . . . palatable.

[RVN VET71]

4. Yep

The people who put him in power are now shocked, I tell you, shocked, that their fascist hero has turned out to be a moronic, vile, murderous POS. Well, actually, no. They’re not shocked at that. They expected that. They knew that. But now it’s hurting their businesses, their profits!

How does one tell a Brazilian plutocrat to go fuck himself?

[LymphocyteLover]

7. what Bolsonaro did in Brazil is a crime of the highest order-- both with COVID19

and the rainforest. Sickening on both accounts.

[bronxiteforever]

5. +1 and the cowards won't even say his name even

after all the destruction he caused.

[Roy Rolling]

6. It's About the Money

It’s always about the money with these things. First, the “business elite” with a yearning to own a government supports a puppet who is predictably incompetent.

Second, the puppet is so inept they cause an economic crisis, so the “business elite” “demands their money back” by opposing the government’s terrible policies and the puppet.

Third, rinse and repeat.

[IronLionZion]

8. He's killing their customers

Business leaders want people to keep buying their stuff. Pandemics are bad for business.