Brazil Must Support Environmental Defenders
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Latin American and Caribbean countries are meeting next week in Argentina for the second meeting of the countries that have ratified of the Escazu Agreement – COP2, a treaty that seeks to protect the environment and its defenders. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should use the opportunity of this conference as a backdrop to send the treaty to the National Congress and engage in a forceful effort to ensure legislators approve it.
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