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Brazilian Communists sneak in ventilators to avoid confiscation by Bolsonaro or U.S.
April 23, 2020 9:50 AM CDT BY MORNING STAR
The Communist-run Brazilian state of Maranhão has brought much-needed ventilators from China via Ethiopia in a “war operation” against coronavirus.
Governor Flávio Dino bought more than 100 of the artificial respiration machines for the northeastern state but, fearing that they would be confiscated en route by the United States or Brazil’s federal government, he had them sent by sea to Ethiopia for onward shipment.
The shipment, which also included 200,000 masks, arrived last week in São Paolo, where, instead of passing through customs, it was immediately loaded onto a chartered plane to fly the 3,000 miles north to Maranhão.
This strategy was prompted by fears that, if secrecy was not maintained, the goods could be seized by the government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.
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https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/brazilian-communists-sneak-in-ventilators-to-avoid-confiscation-by-bolsonaro-or-u-s/
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