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Brazil to Trump: hands off our rare earths

They belong to Brazilian people, President says

Presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Credits: Agência Brasil

If US President Donald Trump thought it would be easy to get Brazil to capitulate over critical minerals, it seems he was mistaken. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, has doubled...

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