Brazil is now second only to the U.S. in having the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world.
Despite facing growing scrutiny over his leadership in tackling the coronavirus outbreak, Bolsonaro, a right-wing populist, appeared to play down the severity of the new restrictions, retweeting a Twitter thread from his international advisor Filipe G. Martins saying the ban was similar to measures being taken by countries"worldwide."
1. A restrição americana à entrada de brasileiros nos EUA tem o mesmo propósito de medida análoga adotada ANTERIORMENTE pelo Brasil em relação a cidadãos de todas as origens, inclusive norte-americanos, e de medidas semelhantes tomadas por ampla gama de paÃses no mundo todo.
"It is, as anyone can see, a productive and mature partnership, based on reciprocity and mutual respect between two democracies, very distant from the frictions or problems that the Brazilian media, as ignorant as malicious, insists on trying to invent," he said.
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