Thousands protest over Bolsonaro COVID response

Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets for a second day on Sunday to call for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is under fire for his government's response to rampant cases of COVID-19, which has claimed more than 216,000 lives in the country. Horn-honking cars paraded through the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and a dozen or more other cities.

Sunday's protests were called by conservative groups that had once backed the president. Bolsonaro has faced renewed criticism in recent weeks for the delay in the start of immunization and the collapse of the health system in the city of Manaus, where there is a waiting list for hospital intensive-care beds and a shortage of medical oxygen. The president has long resisted lockdown measures against the new coronavirus, arguing economic damage would be worse than the disease.