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🗞️ Stories you might have missed over the holidays

🗞️ Stories you might have missed over the holidays

What happened over the holidays in Brazil. Congress-Supreme Court tensions set to intensify in 2025. The impact of a weak currency on Brazil’s international reserves

Gustavo Ribeiro

Jan 6, 2025

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