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Three Top Challenges for Brazil’s Next Foreign Minister

By Oliver Stuenkel

With just 18 months left in President Michel Temer’s term, Brazil’s next foreign minister will face an uphill battle.

José Serra’s tenure as Brazil’s Minister of Health from 1998 to 2002 was highlighted by a successful effort to overcome the resistance of U.S. pharmaceutical giants and provide Brazilians with universal access to generic AIDS drugs, a move that saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Serra was unable to make such a significant mark in his more recent stint as Brazil’s foreign minister – on Feb. 22, he announced he would be stepping down...

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