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Ernesto Araújo: Has Brazil failed to protect its people?
The death toll has topped 700,000 in Brazil, and the president still refuses to be vaccinated. Stephen Sackur interviews Ernesto Araújo, Brazil's former Foreign Minister
Stephen Sackur speaks to Brazil’s former Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo who was an arch critic of global efforts to contain Covid, calling them communistic. Brazil’s government now stands accused of failing to protect its people. Is that fair?
(Photo: Ernesto Araújo appears via video-link on Hardtalk)
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