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A Brazilian senate committee was on Wednesday to ask that President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with “intentional” crimes over his management of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has left 600,000 of his compatriots dead
President Jair Bolsonaro has drawn the ire of health experts for his failure to implement measures to contain the pandemic. He has railed against lockdowns, aired skepticism about vaccines and regularly refuses to wear a mask in public.
"This guy shouldn't be linked to a respected institution like BCIT" — Carlos Santiago, a BCIT alumni who moved to Canada from Brazil.
Thiago Benzecry, left, with his late parents and two brothers. (Courtesy of Benzecry/ via JTA) Thiago Benzecry is now in the Israeli navy. (Courtesy of Benzecry/ via JTA) JTA — When Thiago Benzecry left his home in Brazil’s Amazon region to join the Israeli navy, he knew he was putting significant distance between himself and his family, in more ways than one. He did not know it would be the last time he would see his parents in person. Benzecry landed at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in July 2019 with plans to study Hebrew and then volunteer in the Israel Defense Forces. It was a path he...
The death toll from COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean passed one million people on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic worsening in the part of the world with the highest per capita death rate.