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Fascism and National Elections in Italy and Brazil
Category: Kids & family
Duration: 00:12:09
Publish Date: 2022-10-29 07:00:00
Description:

Over the past few months, two far-right candidates, Georgia Meloni and Jair Balsanaro, have received a lot of global news coverage in the lead-up to national elections in Italy and Brazil. The outcomes of these elections are Worth Noting.

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