(Worth Noting) Fascism and National Elections in Italy and Brazil
Over the past few months, two far-right candidates, Georgia Meloni and Jair Balsanaro, have received a lot of global news coverage in the lead-up to national elections in Italy and Brazil. The outcomes of these elections are Worth Noting.
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