Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to his supporters without a mask, in breach of the decree on the mandatory use of masks to protect against the coronavirus, at the Palacio do Alvorada, headquarters of the presidency, in Brasilia, Brazil. – EPA pic, June 6, 2020.
PRESIDENT Jair Bolsonaro yesterday threatened to withdraw Brazil from the World Health Organisation, following in the footsteps of his US counterpart, Donald Trump, accusing it of “ideological bias”. “I’m telling you right now, the United States left the WHO, and we’re studying that, in the future. Either the WHO works without ideological bias, or we leave, too,” the far-right leader told journalists outside the presidential palace.
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