What COVID-19 is doing to Brazil
The poorest Brazilians are coming up with grassroots answers to COVID-19, even as the spread of the virus accelerates. There are thousands of news cases and hundreds of deaths on a daily basis in Brazil, and the crisis is not yet thought to be at its peak. At the same time, the Brazilian Government, led by the populist conservative firebrand President Jair Bolsonaro, is in crisis. So where does that leave Brazilians in the meantime, and will the nation emerge with its democracy intact?
