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Uria Fancelli
Uria Fancelli is an expert in international affairs. He has a degree from FAAP in São Paulo and a master’s in European Studies and Culture from the Universities of Groningen (Netherlands) and Strasbourg (France). He is the author of Populism and Denialism, a specialist in democracy and authoritarianism, and a political commentator for CNN Portugal.
Articles
Western hesitation continues to undermine Ukraine
On May 28, President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Germany and met with the country’s new Chancellor, Friedrich Merz. There were high expectations that Berlin would finally authorize the delivery of Taurus long-range missiles — a long-standing request from Kyiv since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
However, this demand had been systematically rejected by former Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who feared dragging Germany into a direct confrontation with Moscow.
Instead of Taurus missiles, Merz anno
Lula da Silva's visit to Russia is hypocritical, undermining everything he allegedly stands for
Putin has done in Russia everything that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had been against in Brazil.
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