With over 30,000 confirmed cases, Brazil is currently the country most affected by COVID-19 in Latin America and ranked 12th worldwide. Despite all evidence, a strong rhetoric undermining risks associated to COVID-19 has been endorsed at the highest levels of the Brazilian government, making President Jair Bolsonaro the leader of the “coronavirus-denial movement”. To support this strategy, different forms of misinformation and disinformation have been leveraged to lead a dangerous crusade against scientific and evidence-based recommendations.
- Journal Article
Using Misinformation as a Political Weapon: COVID-19 and Bolsonaro in Brazil
- April, 2020
- English
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Author(s):
Julie Ricard, Juliano Medeiros
Partner Organization(s)
Harvard Kennedy School
