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First Posted: May 14, 2021 12:22 AM EDT Photo : Buda Mendes/Getty Images Authorities in Brazil are allegedly targeting indigenous leaders after police initially launched a probe on two prominent critics of President Jair Bolsonaro s government, according to human rights activists in the country. The Guardian reported that Sônia Guajajara, the head of Brazil s largest indigenous organization, the Association of Indigenous Peoples (APIB), and Almir Suruí, had been put under investigation last month. The indigenous leaders had launched a social media campaign, raising awareness of the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic to Brazil s indigenous communities. But the cases against the two indigenous leaders were dropped after federal judges ruled that there were no grounds for investigations. The judges dubbed the situation as an illegal embarrassment. ....
First Posted: May 04, 2021 10:49 PM EDT Photo : Andressa Anholete/Getty Images Brazil s former health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta has testified in a probe on President Jair Bolsonaro s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country s president and his administration were placed under investigation regarding their response to the coronavirus pandemic. Mandetta s testimony happened on Tuesday in front of the Senate committee, who is behind the investigation. It can be recalled that the country s president reportedly downplayed the pandemic s threat. Bolsonaro also refused to impose lockdowns because the president believed that the economic impact would do more harm than the virus itself. Jair Bolsonaro was also reported to call the notorious virus a little flu, and label the state governors and mayors who issued lockdowns, a tyrant. ....