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.
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. [...]
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Angola, Brazil
Evangelists demand explanations from Brasilia over diplomatic crisis with Luanda

With tensions persisting between Angola and Brazil over the open conflict between their respective branches of the IURD, Brazilian state deputies close to the powerful evangelical church have voted in favour of a motion demanding an official explanation from Bolsonaro's government and Angola's diplomats.

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