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• Bolsonaro laid out plan for Brazil coup after defeat by Lula, ex-commanders say

  15-03-2024 21:00
  
  Testimony contained in documents released by supreme court detail alleged plot to overturn result of 2022 Brazilian electionBrazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro presented top military officials with a plan to carry out a coup d’état after his defeat in the October 2022 election, two former commanders have told the police, according to newly released judicial documents.In testimonies made public on Friday, former army commander Marco Antônio Freire Gomes and former ai
  
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• Brazil to release millions of anti-dengue mosquitoes as death toll from outbreak mounts

  15-03-2024 11:00
  
  Mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria that inhibit spread of disease to be introduced in six cities after successful pilot schemeA dengue-fighting strategy that involves releasing bacteria-infected mosquitoes will be rolled out to six Brazilian cities in the coming months as the country battles a severe outbreak of dengue fever, a viral disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.Factors such as hotter and wetter weather caused by the climate crisis and the circulation of previously
  
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