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Behind the News: Ethiopia's Bloody War w/ Ann Neumann

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Is It Possible to Create a BRICS Currency?

Lula has supported for a long time the idea of a BRICS currency. And he's definitely in favor of reducing dependency on the dollar. The media is already starting with these kinds of attacks and blowing things out of proportion to delegitimize his mandate, which even if it doesn't succeed will put them in a situation where they have to make more concessions to international finance. So I'm worried that this is just going to be used as another tool to like delegitimize the workers party government.

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