RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Bloomberg) “I regret all the dead,” said Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, who once dismissed Covid-19 as “the sniffles.” But death, he noted breezily “is everyone’s destiny.”
Few leaders in Latin America have shown such callous disregard for the health and safety of their citizens. Yet even those who took the coronavirus seriously—Chile, Argentina and Peru locked down hard and early—are now overwhelmed. The region has become the latest Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? Login Here