News from Brazil and Brasilia 06/19/2020

If you take a look in any Brazilian newspaper today, you will see one name in the headlines: Queiroz.

What about him? Queiroz was a close aide of one of the president’s son, Flavio Bolsonaro, who is a senator today. There is an investigation in course about an old and terrible habit of some politicians “rachadinha” (I wouldn’t know how to translate it, but it refers to split the salary of the employee. The employee is obliged to give back part of his salary to the politician who hired him (with public money). As a Congressman/congresswoman can hire many aides for their office, with this practice of “rachadinha”, a lot of money go to the politician’s pocket illegally. This guy, Queiroz, says the investigators, was the responsible for organize this awful practice in Flavio’s Bolsonaro office in Rio de Janeiro. Queiroz disappeared for about a year and was caught yesterday in a house that belongs to the lawyer of president Bolsonaro. One more chapter of the complicated political scenario of Brazil.

Coronavirus in Brasilia

Chart from the Health Secretary. Updated on June 18h at 6pm. The chart is updated twice a day, at noon and at 6pm. 

While the situation of coronavirus is finally getting better in cities that had very high numbers of infected and deaths, as Manaus; in other cities that were not initially so affected, the scenario is worsening. And we could say Brasilia is included in this group. Both confirmed cases and deaths because of coronavirus are increasing in the capital of Brazil. Take good care of yourself.