The far-right president of Brazil , Jair Bolsonaro. – Fotoarena / Sipa USA / SIPA
” The Brazil is bankrupt. I can’t do anything ”, the president said on Tuesday Jair Bolsonaro , attributing the crisis to “this virus fueled by the press”, at a time when the aid that saved millions of people from poverty has come to an end. “I wanted to change the tax cuts grid, but there was this virus fed by the press that we have here, this press without interest, ”said Jair Bolsonaro in response to one of his supporters who greeted him outside his official residence in Brasilia. The Brazilian President referred to the reform for the increase in the level of tax-exempt income, a campaign promise from the far-right leader, who came to power with a liberal economic program. For Jair Bolsonaro, the country’s economic collapse is linked to the restrictions recommended by the governors to fight the coronavirus pandemic, which has already killed nearly 190. people in Brazil. And it gained popularity thanks to the emergency aid given for nine months to 60 millions of Brazilians, almost a third of the population.
The cases of Covid – 19 will increase further
But this month, these helpers have ceased, under pressure from the markets worried about the country’s high level of deficit and debt, which could place it “on the brink of a social abyss”, according to Marcelo Neri, director of the social policy center of the Getulio Vargas Foundation ( FGV).
Meanwhile, the number of cases and deaths continues to increase. In the last 20 hours, the South American giant has identified 1. 68 death and close to 24. new contaminations, figures which should increase in the coming weeks due to the massive gatherings that took place during the Christmas and New Year holidays, according to specialists.