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Brazil to send vice president to inauguration of Argentina president

Brazil to send vice president to inauguration of Argentina president
FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao delivers a speech during the opening of LAAD, the biggest military industry expo in Latin America, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 2, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes Copyright  RICARDO MORAES(Reuters)
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has decided to send Vice President Hamilton Mourao to Tuesday's swearing-in of Argentine President-elect Alberto Fernández, Brazil's presidential spokesman said on Monday.

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The move comes after Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, had said he would not attend the ceremony and would not send a senior government representative.

(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu in Brasilia; Editing by Matthew Lewis)

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