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Pompeo embraces Brazil's controversial new president

Clip: 11/17/2018 | 11m 24sVideo has Closed Captions

Brazil’s controversial new president embraced by Trump administration

Brazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has declared an end to socialism and political correctness in his country. But can Bolsonaro, accused of authoritarian tendencies, deliver campaign promises of ending corruption, reducing crime and boosting the economy? Nick Schifrin turns to former Trump national security staffer Fernando Cutz and Elizabeth Leeds of the Washington Office on Latin America.

11/17/2018

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