Brazil president-elect chooses environment minister 

The World

Brazil is preparing for the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva this weekend. One focus of Lula’s campaign was a promise to stop deforestation of the Amazon. On Thursday, Lula announced his environment minister will be a woman well-known in Brazil as a defender of the Amazon, Marina Silva. Host Marco Werman has more.

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