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Activist farmers in Brazil feed the hungry and aid the sick as president downplays coronavirus crisis

  • Written by Rebecca Tarlau, Assistant Professor of Education and of Labor and Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University
Activist farmers in Brazil feed the hungry and aid the sick as president downplays coronavirus crisisA mass grave for COVID-19 victims in Brazil, which has more total cases than anywhere else in Latin America, Manaus, April 2020.Chico Batata via Getty Images

For months, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has insisted the coronavirus is not a serious threat. Beyond instituting a national lockdown in mid-March, his government has left 209 million...

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