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The week begins with tension between Jair Bolsonaro, Congress and the Supreme Court after that again president participated in undemocratic acts. The President must announce today the new director general of the Federal Police, after having the appointment of Alexandre Ramagem, a family friend, barred by the Supreme Court. The the country has just overtaken the brand of 100,000 infected with Covid-19 and 7,000 dead. These numbers they put increasing pressure on the capitals’ health system. Due to the spread of the disease, some States promise to announce quarantine extension and expand the restrictions. After another queue week at Caixa branches due to the emergency help, agencies will now have extended service hours. The podcast theme Talking with Bernardinho and his son Bruno, volleyball stars in the transformations caused by the coronavirus in the sport and life.
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President Jair Bolsonaro during a demonstration in his favor at the Palácio da Alvorada, in the city of Brasilia, DF, this Sunday. – Photo: Wagner Pires / Futura Press / Estadão Content
President Jair Bolsonaro once again participated in an undemocratic and unconstitutional demonstration in Brasilia on Sunday morning (3). The act had banners calling for the closure of the STF and military intervention.
In a speech to the protesters, the president, in a tone of defiance to the other powers, asked God not to have problems this week because, according to him, “he reached the limit”. He did not clarify what that means. The protesters also harassed the press and kicked and kicked the team of journalists from the newspaper ‘O Estado de S. Paulo
Without directly citing the decision of the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court, Alexandre de Moraes, who suspended the appointment of Alexandre Ramagem to the General Directorate of the Federal Police, President Jair Bolsonaro said that he will no longer admit interference, but did not explain how.
The conduct aroused immediate reactions from the legislative and judicial authorities, in addition to having an impact on the international press.
- Press professionals are attacked during an undemocratic demonstration with the presence of Bolsonaro
- Maia says that “it is up to democratic institutions to impose a legal order on the group that confuses politics with terror”
Bolsonaro backs support for an undemocratic act against the STF and Congress in Brasilia
Federal Police Command
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Delegate Alexandre Ramagem, prevented from taking command of the FP by decision of the Minister Alexandre de Moraes – Photo: Dida Sampaio / Estadão Content
President Jair Bolsonaro said he will announce on Monday (4) the new director general of the Federal Police. The one chosen by the president, Alexandre Ramagem, director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin), The appointment was suspended by the Minister of the Supreme, Alexandre de Moraes, before the inauguration. Bolsonaro has to find another name.
Ramage is a friend of the President’s children. Furthermore, according to former Minister of Justice and Public Security, Sérgio Moro, Bolsonaro had been expressing interest in changing the command of the Federal Police to gain access to the investigations, which is considered political interference.
After having identified indications that the president would use the position to collect information from the trials, Moraes decided to invalidate the appointment, because the president’s action would have ignored the purposes that the law and the constitution provide for public events. In the minister’s opinion, there was a so-called deviation from purpose.
Bolsonaro denies the impediment, expressed dissatisfaction with the decision, and made attacks on Minister Alexandre de Moraes last week.
Moro’s accusation is the subject of an investigation by the Federal Police, which had Moro’s testimony during the weekend in Curitiba. The former minister presented, on the occasion, alleged evidence of the complaint, including exchanging messages with Bolsonaro.
100,000 cases of Covid-19
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Coronavirus death in Brazil until May 3 – Photo: Arte / G1
The latest update from the Ministry of Health on cases of coronavirus in Brazil showed that, since the start of the pandemic, more than 100,000 Brazilians have been infected.
The most recent balance, Sunday (3), showed 275 deaths in 24 hours. The dead number more than 7,000, most of them in the state of São Paulo. The fatality rate of the disease is 6.9%.
The advance of the disease puts pressure on the health system mainly in the capitals. The exhaustion of ICU beds for patients with coronavirus is a threat in Rio de Janeiro and in the north and northeast states of the country. Manaus, in addition to the collapse in the SUS, the relatives of fatal victims face funeral chaos.
- Covid-19 saturated the health system of the Brazilian capitals and advanced into the interior of the country.
- Brasilândia is the place where Covid dies the most in the city of São Paulo
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Aerial view of the mass burial of victims of Covid-19 in the Tarumã Park cemetery, in Manaus. – Photo: Michael Dantas / AFP
Quarantine and restrictions
CET blocks Radial Leste, just after Aricanduva Avenue, to distribute leaflets with guidelines on the coronavirus – Photo: Reproduction / TV Globo
To try to stop contagion in the Covid-19 states, strategies have been adopted ranging from extending social isolation decrees to blocking streets to force residents to stay home.
The current quarantine decree in Ceará, for example, is valid until Tuesday (5), but Governor Camilo Santana said he will extend it. The decree in Alagoas expires the same day and the government also reported that it will run until May 15.
In Maranhão, the mechanism called “confinement” will be adopted in the cities of the São Luís metropolitan region. The measure establishes that it is the total blocking of activities as of Tuesday. The Pará government is considering adopting the same measure.
In São Paulo, on Monday, the city will block the streets of the capital to force residents to stay home. Over the weekend, the isolation rate was just over 50%, well below the recommended 70%.
- 18 states and the DF announce quarantine extension and tightening restrictions to contain the coronavirus
- Coronavirus, Sars-Cov-2, confinement: understand the main terms of the pandemic
The podcast presents the testimony of Bernardinho and Bruno, parents and sons who are volleyball champions, about the separation of families and transformations, not only at work, but also in life during social isolation. They tell what they do to try to maintain a healthy relationship and routine during quarantine.
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Queues at Caixa branches cause crowds and confusion; workers sleep in rows – Photo: Bruno Veiga Personal File
After a week of many worker reports of difficulties in withdrawing emergency aid money offered by the government during the crisis, Caixa Econômica Federal will now extend hours of service to its entire network of branches.
With the measure, the units will begin operating from 8 am to 2 pm, two hours earlier. Since April 22, 1,102 branches had been operating at this time.
