Brazil`s super-rich and the exclusive club at the heart of a coronavirus hotspot
(The Guardian Brazil)

Connection between Covid-19 and country´s globe-trotting elite highlights gulf between rich and poor in one of world´s most unequal societiesCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt is Brazil´s most exclusive club - a beachside sanctuary of privilege and power to which just 0.00041% of the country´s citizens have the keys.But the Rio de Janeiro Country Club - founded by British executives in 1916 and frequented since by the crème de la crème of carioca society - has been thrown into mourning by the coronavirus pandemic, sparking a nationwide debate about class and inequality in one of the most economically lopsided societies on earth. Related: Brazil`s Jair Bolsonaro hits out at `dictatorial` Rio beaches ban Related: Bolsonaro ignored by state governors amid anger at handling of Covid-19 crisis Related: Half of Uruguay`s coronavirus cases traced to a single guest at a society party Continue reading...