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DFW

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1. This is exactly what their new president said he would do during the election campaign

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2019, 03:19 AM

Mar 2019

The Brazilians voted for him anyway.

Just like an Indian diplomat said in 2000: the office of the presidency of the United States is too important a post to be left to be chosen by the people of the United States--maybe the Brazilian rain forest is too important to the health of the planet to be left to the voters of Brazil.

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Brazil puts economy over the rain forest [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2019 OP

This is exactly what their new president said he would do during the election campaign DFW Mar 2019 #1

Isn't the Amazon called "the lungs of the earth"? secondwind Mar 2019 #2