A supporter of Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has knocked over crosses erected as a protest against the country's high coronavirus death toll. Earlier, protesters had dug 100 symbolic shallow graves on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach to symbolise the now more than 40,000 Covid-19 deaths in Brazil. Coronavirus has emerged as a political issue in Brazil. Bolsonaro has played down the dangers of the pandemic, replaced medical experts in the Health Ministry with military officials and argued against state lockdowns to fight the virus
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Bolsonaro supporter desecrates Brazil beach memorial for 40,000 coronavirus victims ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/11/bolsonaro-supporter-destroys-brazil-beach-memorial-40000-coronavirus-victims

'Enormous disparities': coronavirus death rates expose Brazil's deep racial inequalities ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/enormous-disparities-coronavirus-death-rates-expose-brazils-deep-racial-inequalities

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