All across Brazil, slums known as Favelas have long been places of crime and poverty, marked by overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. They are among the hardest hit by the pandemic, in a country where the death toll just passed 450,000. In the second of two reports, NewsHour special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky and producer Charles Lyons report on Brazil's COVID crisis.
All across Brazil, slums known as Favelas have long been places of crime and poverty, marked by overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. They are among the hardest hit by the pandemic, in a country where the death toll just passed 450,000. In the second of two reports, NewsHour special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky and producer Charles Lyons report on Brazil s COVID crisis.
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All across Brazil, slums, known as favelas, have long been places of crime and poverty marked by overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. They are among the hardest hit by the pandemic in a country where the death toll just passed 450,000.
Bolsonaro faces criminal investigation, possible impeachment over COVID response in Brazil
SYNDICATED 3 weeks ago Brazil formalized a criminal investigation last week into President Jair Bolsonaro’s response to the pandemic. It could lead to his impeachment. The country just passed 400,000 total fatalities so far, with no significant slowdown in sight. With support from the Sloan Foundation, special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky and producer Charles Lyons bring us the first of two reports.
Team JLyons and the Excel Club of Copperas Cove High School hosted a car show that donated all proceeds to local child abuse prevention programs, at the Cove Terrace Shopping Center in Copperas Cove on April 10.
Charles Lyons created the nonprofit Team JLyons following his daughter Jasmin Bonnettâs diagnosis of Lupus in 2010.
âWhat we do is we go out and help all different kinds of programs, raise money, and raise awareness. So, today we are raising money for child abuse prevention,â Bonnett said. âMy dad has taken kids in the community and made the Excel Club, and what they do is everything to raise money and awareness and let everyone know about all the different programs that they support.â