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Brent Goff | Djamilia Prange de Oliveira in Belem, Brazil
November 19, 2025

After a visit to the climate summit in Brazil, the German chancellor had said that neither he nor anyone else in his delegation wanted to remain in the host city, Belem. Will the incident strain relations with Brazil?

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