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Amazon Tribe Appeal to The Hague s ICC Against Brazil s Bolsonaro Published January 24th, 2021 - 10:30 GMT A demonstrator representing the grim reaper standing in front of an impeachment banner takes part in a protest against Brazil s President Jair Bolsonaro measures to confront the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, January 17. (AFP) Highlights They have accused him of environmental damage, killings and persecution. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro could face charges in The Hague after being accused of ‘crimes against humanity’ by indigenous leaders over the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Two top Brazilian indigenous leaders asked the international criminal court (ICC) to investigate Bolsonaro, accusing him of unprecedented environmental damage, killings and persecution. ....
Brazil receives 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from India Brazil s government has received 2 million doses of coronavirus vaccine from India, but experts warned the shipment will do little to shore up an insufficient supply Associated Press | January 23, 2021 | Updated 09:46 IST Brazil s government has received 2 million doses of coronavirus vaccine from India, but experts warned the shipment will do little to shore up an insufficient supply in South America s biggest nation. Brazil s Health Ministry announced that the vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca NSE -2.24 % and the University of Oxford, landed in Sao Paulo on Friday before being flown to Rio de Janeiro, where Brazil s state-run Fiocruz Institute is based. ....
Counting doses from Butantan (a Sao Paulo state research institute) and those from India, there isn t enough vaccine and there is no certainty about when Brazil will have more, or how much, said Mario Scheffer, professor of preventive medicine at the University of Sao Paulo. That shortage will interfere with our capacity in the near-term to reach collective immunity. A flight from India planned for last week was postponed, derailing the federal government s plan to begin immunization with the AstraZeneca shot. Instead, vaccination began using the CoronaVac shot in Sao Paulo, where Butantan has a deal with its producer, Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac. ....
Two tribe leaders have asked the ICC to investigate Brazil s president Bolsonaro They have accused him of environmental damage, killings and persecution It comes as it was revealed today Bolsonaro s popularity has fallen sharply He has overseen the world s second deadliest coronavirus outbreak Brazilians have grown more irate at the slow pace of Brazil s vaccine rollout ....