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In an article reflecting on Brazil’s Independence Day, Ambassador Qais Shqair, Head of the Arab League Mission to Brazil, highlights the commitment to peace demonstrated by the government and people of the country throughout its history.

The 92-year-old Béji Caïd Essebsi led the country’s post-Arab Spring transition to democracy. The speaker of the Parliament has been sworn in as interim president and elections have been moved ahead to September 15.