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Party of former president Lula rejects decision to host Copa América in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's Workers' Party (PT), led by former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Monday rejected the country's hosting of the Copa América soccer tournament that was originally scheduled to be held in Argentina and Colombia.

"We learned that President Bolsonaro authorized the holding of the Copa América here in Brazil! Is he serious? In the middle of the pandemic, the arrival of the third wave, risk due to lack of beds and supplies and with slow vaccination? Unbelievable!" said PT president Gleisi Hoffmann on social networks.

Bolsonaro's government has . . .

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