(Opinion) Guinea-Bissau and Brazil share historical connections from the Portuguese colonial period. Since its 1973 independence, Guinea-Bissau has experienced political challenges, including a civil war in the late 1990s. Umaro Sissoco Embaló, elected in 2020, faced controversy. His actions after the 2023 parliamentary elections, where he didn’t recognize the opposition’s victory and dissolved the Parliament […]
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