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Mar 2024
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Brazil’s presidential row over missing f...

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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco and Christopher Cermak discuss the ongoing furniture row between Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and former president Jair Bolsonaro – and compare it to their US counterparts. Then: the latest report on global music consumption, fridge magnets as souvenirs and a music session by The Staves. 

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