Covid: Bolsonaro, hunger is the fault of 'cowards and criminals' lockdown

(ANSA) - SAN PAOLO, OCTOBER 13 - The increase in hunger in Brazil is the fault of the "cowardly and criminal politics" of those who defended the motto "stay at home, we will deal with the economy later": the Brazilian president said today , Jair Bolsonaro, during the delivery ceremony of rural property titles in Miracatu, in the hinterland of São Paulo.

   "I was perhaps the only leader in the world to declare himself opposed to the lockdown policy and mandatory vaccines," continued the far-right leader, accused of "genocide" by the opposition for managing the coronavirus crisis.

   The rise in inflation and unemployment affect especially "the humblest", continued Bolsonaro, who recalled that he had earmarked the equivalent of "13 years of BolsaFamilia" through emergency aid allocated to the poorest people left without income during the pandemic.

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