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Local News - Senate Pandemic Probe Opened

BRAZIL
  • Brazil's senate has opened a wide-ranging probe into the federal government's erratic response to the coronavirus pandemic, as opponents of President Jair Bolsonaro try to seize on a key source of vulnerability ahead of his 2022 re-election bid.
    • The 11-member parliamentary inquiry committee started working on Tuesday by electing centrist Senator Omar Aziz as its president, who then appointed Renan Calheiros as its rapporteur. Calheiros, a powerful political enemy of Bolsonaro, has been warming ties with former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, now a likely contender in next year's election. (BBG)
  • Finance Minister Guedes names new finance, treasury, budget secretaries
    • Changes are aimed at easing dialogue with Congress, Guedes said
    • "There is no personal problem with anyone, there was no political pressure": Guedes

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