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COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil

Pharmacy technician Hollie Maloney loads a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine.

Checking in on the pandemic: Part I

Critical State

Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into new research that tests the question of whether women mayors in Brazil outperform their male counterparts in pandemic response.

Colombia's players celebrate winning 1-0 against Ecuador during a Copa America soccer match at Arena Pantanal stadium in Cuiaba, Brazil, June 13, 2021.

Copa America soccer championship in Brazil draws protest while coronavirus cases rise

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A man walking on stilts holds a sign with a message that reads in Portuguese: "Bolsonaro generates genocide"

‘Bolsonaro, get out!’: Protesters across Brazil call for president’s ouster

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A health worker inoculates a woman at a COVID-19 vaccination point for priority elderly persons in the Ceilandia neighborhood, on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, March 22, 2021.

Brazil saw its first COVID-19 death a year ago. Today the death toll nears 300,000.

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People stand next to offerings during a ceremony in honor of Yemanja, the goddess of the sea, which is part of New Year's celebrations to plea for relief from the coronavirus pandemic and asks for a better new year at Praia Vermelha beach in Rio de Janeir

Brazilians flock to the coast during the height of tourist season while coronavirus cases surge

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is seen during a ceremony to lower the Brazilian National flag down for the night, at the Alvorada Palace, amid the coronavirus outbreak in Brasília, Brazil, July 20, 2020.

Why is Brazil’s Bolsonaro peddling hydroxychloroquine despite the science?

The Brazilian president has used his illness as a platform to sell both his cynicism about the coronavirus and social restrictions, and his praise for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.