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Philippine Power Crisis Gives Coal an Uncomfortable Second Life A campaign document belonging to Flavio Bolsonaro, the right-wing front-runner in the presidential election to be held in Brazil next month, offered Washington a rare earths supply chain designed to weaken China’s grip, local news site Amado Mundo reported on Saturday.
Written in English and dated March 19, the 22-page presentation was drafted by Andre Marinho, a close Bolsonaro ally who presented the plan to the Rockbridge Network, a group of wealthy conservative donors founded by J.D. Vance in 2019, Amado Mundo said.
Marinho, who built a television career impersonating Flavio’s father, Jair Bolsonaro, and is running for governor of Rio de Janeiro, confirmed on Saturday that he wrote the document, but claimed it was “never shown to an American official and had nothing to do” with Flavio’s campaign.
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