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Latin American Weekly Report - 24 October 2019 (WR-19-42)
BRAZIL: Bolsonaro hails pension success
After 10 months Brazil’s far-right government led by President Jair Bolsonaro has hailed passage of the pension reform bill, approved in a 60-19 final senate vote on 22 October, as a major victory. In political terms it can be argued that he is partially right and partially wrong.
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