Comprehensive foreign media reported on the 12th that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro continued to play down Coronavirus pandemic at a press conference on Tuesday.
He used the Portuguese word “maricas” . Describe the Brazilian people’s fear of the pandemic and urge people to stop talking about the disease.
Bolsonaro said: “Everything revolves around the pandemic, and this situation must stop. I feel sorry for the dead, and I am sorry… Brazil should not become a maricas country on the issue of Coronavirus pandemic” because ” All of us will die one day, and everyone here will die.”
He added: “Tomorrow’s news headlines will say that I have no sympathy for those who died. I feel sorry for everyone who died, but the pandemic has been exaggerated disproportionately…” The report said at the press conference that day Few people wear masks.
According to the Johns Hopkins University pandemic data, as of the 12th Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed Coronavirus pandemic cases in Brazil has reached 5.75 million, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 160,000, ranking second in the world after the United States.
According to reports, as a close ally of Trump, Bolsonaro has not yet congratulated Biden on his victory in the US election. On the same day, Bolsonaro also attacked Biden. He responded to Biden’s previous statements about the Amazon rainforest without naming names.
Bolsonaro said: “I recently heard a great head of state candidate say that if I don’t put out the Amazon fire, he will impose trade sanctions on Brazil. What should we do? Diplomacy alone will not work. . If words don’t work, gunpowder must be used. You don’t have to use it, but they must know that you have it.”
Earlier, in the US presidential election debate in September, Biden called on Brazil to combat deforestation with the help of foreign countries and fight the Amazon fire, otherwise it would face uncertain “economic consequences.”
According to Reuters, Bolsonaro’s threatening remarks may indicate that he and Biden will face a “tottering” relationship. Because the primary issues that Biden and Brazilian leaders discuss together may be the issue of deforestation in the Amazon and human rights issues.
