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Former Health Minister Says Bolsonaro Never Gave Him a Direct Order

BRAZIL

(BBG) Measures taken by Brazil Health Ministry to combat the pandemic came from the ministry itself, former minister Eduardo Pazuello said about his term in office at Senate inquiry.

  • President Bolsonaro has never "disapproved or instructed me to do anything other than what I had already been doing," Pazuello said.
  • "My decisions as a minister and my actions were never opposed by the president".

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