Coronavirus in Brazil: the governor of São Paulo described Jair Bolsonaro as a 'psychopathic leader'

03/23/2021 9:53 AM

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Updated 03/23/2021 9:53 AM

In Brazil, the country most severely affected by COVID-19, political tension grows day by day, in tandem with the number of cases.

In an interview with CNN, the governor of San Pablo, Joao Doria, described the president, Jair Bolsonaro,

as a "psychopathic leader"

due to the president's response to the pandemic.

"We are in one of those tragic moments in history when millions of people

pay a high price for having a psychopathic

and unsuspecting

leader

in charge of a nation," Doria said in his interview with the Brazilian affiliate of the US network.

The São Paulo leader's statements come at a time when

Bolsonaro's confrontation with governors

over measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus is total.

In a meeting with his followers last Sunday, the Brazilian president called them "tyrants" for their attempts to impose restrictions, and suggested that he could mobilize the Armed Forces to deter these measures.

The confrontation between the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, and the governors of Brazil, is total.

Photo: XINHUA

In his interview, Doria added that a large part of the deaths in Brazil could have been avoided if the president "had acted with the responsibility of the position", at the same time that he attributed "

incredible mistakes

, the biggest one was having a political dispute with the governors seeking to protect the population. "

The governor of São Paulo affirmed that leading his State during the pandemic has been the

greatest challenge of his life

.

Among the challenges that touched him, he mentioned having had to reorder the health system in "record time", while at the same time he had to find ways to help the population cope with the economic difficulties of the situation.

Regarding the serious situation of hospitals and health centers (the occupation in intensive care units throughout the country is over 80%), Doria announced that in São Paulo they plan to open

12 field hospitals this month.

In the South American giant, which has about 215 million inhabitants, the pandemic has so far caused more than 294 thousand deaths and

almost 12 million infected

.

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