without wearing masks and sowed doubt about vaccines.... Renan Calheiros, first presented the nearly 1, 20

Omar Aziz, said Tuesday that senators involved in the probe will remove the genocide and homicide allegations from the report.... Its official death toll stands at more than 600, 000, second only to the United States.A lawmaker who is leading the probe has accused Bolsonaro and other officials of making deliberate decisions that allowed the coronavirus to spread, resulting in unnecessary deaths....

Bolsonaro said he would attend the Summit of the Americas only if Biden granted him a private meeting and also refrained from confronting him over some of the most contentious issues between the two men, the officials told The Associated Press.... A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department did not address questions about the requested preconditions.... Bolsonaro’s attendance at the summit may help Biden contain embarrassment over some leaders staying away, partly in a dispute over not all th

Media reports early Wednesday said those charges will be removed from the final report. Analysts said it was unclear whether the recommendations would lead to charges against the president.... That would be a decision for Brazil’s prosecutor-general, who was appointed by Bolsonaro. Advertisement Bolsonaro has denied any wrongdoing, and repeatedly accused the investigation of being a political instrument aimed at sabotaging him.... Critics have denounced Bolsonaro for downplaying the coronaviru

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends the launch ceremony of the National Green Growth Program at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil on Oct.... The 7-to-4 vote was the culmination of a six-month committee investigation of the government's handling of the pandemic.... It formally approved a report calling for prosecutors to try Bolsonaro on charges ranging from charlatanism and inciting crime to misuse of public funds and crimes against humanity, and in doing so hold him r

The scheme, known locally as rachadinha, involves hiring close associates as employees and then receiving a cut of their public salaries back from them.... While the rachadinha is not directly connected to the Senate inquiry, it adds to recent allegations about irregularities in the government's purchase of vaccines and calls into question Bolsonaro's anti-corruption platform. The president's office declined to comment.... A lawyer representing Bolsonaro contacted by UOL denied illegalities...

SAO PAULO( AP)--Bars in Brazil's biggest metropolis, Sao Paulo, are full again for Friday happy hours and lawmakers in the capital have nearly done away with video sessions via Zoom.... Rio de Janeiro's beaches are packed and calls for strict social distancing seem but a memory.... These developments are part of Brazil's bid to return to pre-pandemic normalcy, even as its death toll tops 600, 000, according to official data on Friday from the health ministry....