The Amazon city of Manaus has been grappling for weeks with a horror that the rest of Brazil has partially ignored at the advice of their President, Jair Bolsonaro
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It's unclear how coronavirus -- what Bolsonaro called a"little flu" -- made it to this remote place in the Amazon. It tore through the rich areas, and then moved on to the poorer. Now it is hitting the indigenous communities that live in the suburbs and slums. Here are some of the people we met recently and their stories.
Brazilian president called mayor 'a piece of s***.' See mayor's response. 03:49Manaus Mayor Arthur Virgilio Neto isn't just fighting the spread of Covid-19, he's also caught in a row with President Bolsonaro who called him a"piece of sh**" in a cabinet meeting, the recording of which the Supreme Court released last week. Virgilio Neto told us he felt Bolsonaro's"dream is to be a dictatorship but he's too stupid.
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