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🏜 “We could lose the Pantanal”

🏜 “We could lose the Pantanal”

Brazil’s worst drought in decades. The battle for the House speakership. And how Catholics are seeking to regain political power.

Gustavo Ribeiro & Cedê Silva

Sep 5, 2024

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