Bolsonaro faces stiff questioning over Brazilian army's Viagra purchase
Navy and air force – which reportedly bought over 30,000 pills – claim drug is being used to treat pulmonary hypertension
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Tue 12 Apr 2022 11.24 EDT
Opponents of the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, are demanding answers after the revelation that the country’s armed forces had splashed out on tens of thousands of impotence pills.
“We must understand why the Bolsonaro administration is spending public money on buying such large quantities of Viagra,” the lawmaker Elias Vaz declared after Brazilian media reported the seemingly unorthodox acquisitions on Monday.
The navy and air force – which between them had reportedly bought more than 30,000 pills – offered an innocent explanation: the drug was supposedly being used to treat pulmonary hypertension.
However, many were unconvinced. A report in the O Globo newspaper suggested the dosages that had been bought were generally used to treat penises, not blood pressure.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/12/brazil-armed-forces-viagra-jair-bolsonaro
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