“A country the size of Brazil can’t be held back by Mercosur to do trade with the rest of the world.”

— Jair Bolsonaro

In Davos, in an interview published on 23 January 2019. Bolsonaro Says Brazil Must Reform or Become Next Venezuela https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-23/brazil-leader-pledges-sweeping-reform-to-avoid-deeper-crisis. Bloomberg (23 January 2019).

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Brazilian president elect 1955

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