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Brazil, South Africa
Bolsonaro, to appease evangelists, wants former Rio mayor as Pretoria ambassador

Brazilian President Jaír Bolsonaro (left) with former Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo Crivella in December 2020. © Marcos Correa/PR/Handout/Latin America News Agency

Brazil has proposed Marcelo Crivella, ex-mayor of Rio and a leading figure in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, for the post of ambassador to South Africa. [...]

Published on 09/06/2021 at 06:00 GMT

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Brazil, South Africa
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