Flu into a rage: Brazil’s Bolsonaro inquiry

The Intelligence from The Economist

• Episode: Flu into a rage: Brazil’s Bolsonaro inquiry
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• Duration: 00:21:35
• Published: 2021-10-22 12:07

President Jair Bolsonaro’s early dismissal of the pandemic as “a little flu” presaged a calamitous handling of the crisis. We ask how a congressional investigation’s dramatic assessment of his non-actions may damage him. China’s test of a hypersonic, nuclear-capable glider may rattle the global weapons order. And our obituaries editor reflects on the life of level-headed American statesman Colin Powell.

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