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Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne returns to the shock wave due to the coronavirus pandemic, multilateralism, but also trade tensions between the United States and China. With Marc Perelman of France 24 and Stéfanie Schüler from RFI.

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United States : statues of Christopher Columbus attacked in Boston, Miami and Virginia
A statue of Christopher Columbus was beheaded in Boston, another vandalized in Miami and a third jetty in a lake in Virginia, in the wake of the anti-racist movement revived in the United States by the death of George Floyd. This movement, which attacks the symbols of a slavery and racist past, affects other countries, notably Great Britain and Belgium, where statues of colonial figures have been attacked in recent days.

Brazil : the toll of the Covid-19 increases with nearly 40,000 deaths but mutual aid is organized
In the poorest neighborhoods of the suburbs of Sao Paulo, in the absence of support from the authorities, the inhabitants have set up support committees for vulnerable people. In the slum of Paraisopolis, a person suffering from Covid-19 is 10 times more likely to die from the disease than a resident of a wealthy district of Sao Paulo.

A report to read in the Washington Post and to listen to in the press review with Achim Lippold.

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