The claim
Livro na Noruega retrata bolsonaro como genocida responsável por 700 mil mortes
Original review summary
The review says the book does not call the pandemic a genocide or imply that one occurred. It reports that the publisher said the text asks students to consider responsibility for the high number of deaths in Brazil.[S1]
Additional context
The review describes the book’s passage as discussing COVID-19 in a chapter about conspiracy theories, media, and politics; it says the passage notes Bolsonaro called the pandemic a “little flu” and did not recommend the same precautions as the rest of the world. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] SBT News original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026