Brazil's Bolsonaro attacks coronavirus lockdowns as supporters take to streets [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

APRIL 19, 2020 / 5:06 PM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

Maria Carolina Marcello, Leonardo Benassatto
2 MIN READ

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday again attended a public rally and attacked lockdown measures meant to fight the coronavirus, as supporters of the right-wing leader joined political motorcades around the country.

Brazil has more cases of the new coronavirus than any other country in Latin America. On Sunday, confirmed cases rose to 38,654 with 2,462 deaths.

Bolsonaro, who was not wearing a face mask, addressed a crowd of a few hundred in Brasilia, many of them wearing Brazil’s yellow-and-green soccer jersey.

His brief address, which was punctuated by the president coughing, touched on talking points that have become his usual rallying cry.

He called those in attendance “patriots” and said they were helping defend individual freedoms that he said are under threat by lockdowns imposed by authorities at the state level.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-attacks-coronavirus-lockdowns-as-supporters-take-to-streets-idUSKBN2210V1?rpc=401&

(You might want to take a look at the photo of Bolsonaro at the link. I think it looks VERY much like Hitler without a mustache!)