Episode 6 - Brazil and US Insurrections Part Three
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More mass shootings in the US. Through the ties between the Trump and & Bolsonaro camps, Brazil is adopting US gun culture. The newly-elected Brazilian president Lula is undoing a lot of the gun expansions enacted under former president Bolsonaro. I sincerely hope that Brazil does not become home to the type of mass shootings so commonplace in the US. For additional reading, some suggestions: Jair Bolsonaro and guns: A US culture war raging in Brazil Jair Bolsonaro wants every Brazilian to have a gun Lula decreta redução de normas que facilitam acesso às armas Brazil’s New President Reverses His Predecessor’s Loosened Gun Laws Lula tightens Brazil’s gun controls and curbs gold mining in Amazon --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natasha-t-baker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natasha-t-baker/support
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