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Why Brazilians are having to take the Covid crisis into their own hands
Today in Focus
English - January 28, 2021 03:00 - 26 minutes - 34.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 649 ratingsDaily News News politics leadership health entrepreneurship news interview business entrepreneur culture comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Tom Phillips, the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, looks at the surge of infections in the Brazilian state of Amazonas that has left many hospitals without the most basic supplies and has prompted yet more protests against Bolsonaro. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus