Brazil's former president, Lula da Silva, accused incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro of promoting a drug to treat the emerging corona virus, and said Yulsonaru falsely claimed he had contracted the virus.
At a video news conference, Da Silva said he believed Bolsonaro had allegedly contracted the virus to promote the drug "Hydroxychloroquine".
The former president described the way in which Bolsonaro deals with the epidemic crisis "irresponsibly".
Da Silva - who ruled the country between 2003 and 2010 - said that one day after the number of deaths in Brazil exceeded the threshold of 90,000, the Covid epidemic was 19; We are in a situation that I do not see a solution for in the short term. "
Jair Bolsonaro, 65, announced on July 7 that he was HIV positive. He later said he had improved thanks to the drug "hydroxychloroquine".
The Brazilian presidency announced Thursday that first lady Michelle Bolsonaro is also infected with the virus.
Lula, who has been living in stone since last March in his apartment in São Bernardo de Campo near São Paulo (southeast), also criticized Bolsonaro's relationship with his US counterpart Donald Trump, who is also an enthusiastic defender of the drug "hydroxy chloroquine".
"Bolsonaro and his foreign minister (Ernesto Araujo) are flattering," he said. "I've never seen such a subordinate relationship with the United States."
"I hope the American people will not vote for Trump" again during the presidential elections at the end of 2020, he concluded.