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An Update from Brazil, Where the Health System is Collapsing and Former President Lula is Poised for a Comeback

March 18, 2021 by Mark Goldberg

Health systems in Brazil are collapsing. Hospitals are running out of beds and oxygen as COVID cases in that country are soaring. Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has long downplayed the severity of COVID and now deaths are spiking in South America’s largest country.

Meanwhile, Bolsonaro’s rival, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is poised for a comeback in elections next year after a stunning court decision. 

Guest:  Leticia Casado, a journalist and stringer for the New York Times who is based in Brasilia.

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