"Brazil will have the opportunity to decide which country it will be for the next few years, and for generations to come," said Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. "The Brazil of democracy or authoritarianism?"
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“His death highlights how standing up for environmental and indigenous rights protection can cost people their lives.”
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