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🤐 Lula’s Maduro problem

🤐 Lula’s Maduro problem

How the crisis in Venezuela can spill over to Lula, as Nicolás Maduro continues to hold onto power. More controversies around a massive soybean railway. And the latest gross public debt figures.

Gustavo Ribeiro,Isabela Cruz&Cedê Silva

Jul 30, 2024

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