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A12 WORLD NEWS
Saturday 14 March 2020
Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests

negative for coronavirus

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference
at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela,
Thursday, March 12, 2020.
Associated Press
US sanctions Russian firm

targeting Venezuela's Maduro

Associated Press ing S.A. on similar claims.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) "The Trump Administration
— The Trump administration remains committed to tar-
on Thursday hit a second geting those who support In this handout photo released by Brazil’s Presidential Press Office, Brazilian Health Minister
subsidiary of the Russia's the corrupt regime's ex- Luiz Henrique Mandetta, left, and President Jair Bolsonaro, wear masks as they speak about
state-controlled Rosneft Oil ploitation of Venezuela's oil the new coronavirus during a Facebook Live transmission, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, March
Company with financial assets," U.S. Treasury Secre- 12, 2020.
sanctions aimed at forcing tary Steven T. Mnuchin said Associated Press
Venezuela's socialist Presi- in a statement. By DAVID BILLER and Bolsonaro's son Edu- to the hospital after slip-
dent Nicolás Maduro from The U.S. was first among Associated Press ardo, who is a federal ping in the bathroom of
power. nearly 60 nations to rec- RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — lawmaker, among oth- the presidential residence
Officials blacklisted TNK ognize opposition leader Brazil's President Jair Bol- ers. Vice President Mike and banging his head.
Trading International, say- Juan Guaidó a year ago as sonaro has tested nega- Pence and Trump's per- For most people, the
ing it brokered the sales Venezuela's rightful leader. tive for the new corona- sonal lawyer Rudy Giuliani new coronavirus causes
and transport of large The international coalition virus, according to a post also went to Mar-a-Lago only mild or moderate
amounts of sanctioned considers Maduro illegiti- Friday on his official Face- that evening. symptoms, such as fever
Venezuelan oil, propping mate after 2018 elections book profile. This week, Bolsonaro told and cough. For some,
up Maduro's illegitimate widely deemed fraudulent Concern about Bolson- a group in Florida that he especially older adults
government. because the most popu- aro's exposure to virus — believed mainstream me- and people with existing
This measure follows U.S. lar opposition candidates and possibly that of U.S. dia was exaggerating the health problems, it can
sanctions a month ear- were banned from running President Donald Trump virus' severity. He reversed cause more severe illness,
lier against Rosneft Trad- against him. q — had grown after con- course Thursday, wear- including pneumonia.
firmation that the Brazilian ing a face mask on a live The vast majority of peo-
leader's communications transmission on Facebook ple recover from the new
director tested positive. from the capital, Brasilia. virus.
The senior official had On a televised address According to the World
joined Bolsonaro just days later, he said the World Health Organization,
earlier at a meeting with Health Organization "re- people with mild illness
Trump and senior aides in sponsibly" characterized recover in about two
Florida. the virus as a pandemic, weeks, while those with
There had been a swirl and tried to dissuade sup- more severe illness may
of confusing information porters from turning out take three to six weeks to
earlier Friday, with a some for mass demonstrations recover. In mainland Chi-
media reporting Bolson- scheduled for March 15. na, where the virus first ex-
In this Aug. 20, 2019 file photo, former Honduran first lady Rosa aro had received an ini- The rallies "demonstrate ploded, more than 80,000
Elena Bonilla de Lobo leaves court after her conviction on tial positive test result. But the maturity of our presi- people have been diag-
corruption charges in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. the president's official so- dential democracy and nosed and about 60,000
Associated Press cial media account later are evident expressions have so far recovered.
Honduras court overturns 58- said tests were negative, of our liberty. They need, Brazil currently has 98

year sentence for ex-first lady and also posted a photo however, to be rethought confirmed diagnoses of
of Bolsonaro making an in the face of these facts. the virus, but no reported
offensive arm gesture to Our health and that of deaths, and is monitor-
Associated Press other errors during the first reporters earlier this year. our families must be pre- ing more than 1,400 pos-
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras trial. In September, a lower "Don't believe the fake served," Bolsonaro said. sible cases. On Wednes-
(AP) — Honduras' Supreme court had convicted Bo- news media!" he wrote in Bolsonaro's health has day, the governor of the
Court has overturned a nilla of embezzling about a subsequent post. been a focus since a 2018 Brazilian district that in-
58-year prison sentence $600,000 in government Bolsonaro's meeting this stabbing on the cam- cludes Brasilia enacted
against former first lady money between 2010 and week at Trump's Mar-a- paign trail. Since the as- a five-day suspension of
Rosa Elena Bonilla and or- 2014, when her husband Lago resort also included sassination attempt, he all classes, concerts and
dered a new trial for her. Porfirio Lobo was president. Trump's daughter Ivanka has already undergone sporting events that gath-
Court spokesman Melvin The case was originally Trump, son-in-law Jared four surgeries with a fifth er more than 100 people
Duarte said Friday the sen- brought by the Organiza- Kushner, Brazil's Foreign one upcoming. In De- in an effort to contain the
tence was overturned be- tion of American States' Minister Ernesto Araujo cember, he was taken virus' spread.q
cause of procedural and anti-corruption mission. q