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For Jair Bolsonaro, the country’s economic collapse is linked to the restrictions recommended by governors to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
AFP
“Brazil is bankrupt. There is nothing I can do, ”President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday, attributing the crisis to“ this virus fueled by the press ”, at a time when the aid that saved millions of people from poverty has ended.
“Brazil is bankrupt. I can not do anything. I wanted to change the schedule of tax cuts, but there was this virus fueled by the press that we have here, this press without interest, ”said Jair Bolsonaro in response to one of his supporters who greeted him in front of his official residence in Brasilia. The Brazilian president was referring to the reform for raising the level of tax-exempt income, a campaign pledge by 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 governors to fight the coronavirus pandemic, which has already killed nearly 198,000 people in Brazil. And it has grown in popularity thanks to the emergency aid given over nine months to 68 million Brazilians, or nearly a third of the population.
“On the brink of a social abyss”,
But this month, this aid has 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 center. of social policy of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV).
Meanwhile, the number of cases and deaths continues to rise. In the past 24 hours, the South American giant has recorded 1,171 deaths and nearly 60,000 new contaminations, figures which are expected to increase in the coming weeks due to the massive gatherings that took place during the Christmas holidays and the New Year, according to specialists.
AFP
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