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    This young jaguar’s “portrait” was captured by a remote camera. Image © Steve Winter/National Geographic/Big Cat Voices.

    Lula’s Victory as President Brings Hope that Jaguars Will Once Again Thrive in Brazil’s Pantanal

    We cruised the murky brown shallows of the Corixo Negro, the Black Channel, in ...

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    Sharon Guynup
    Supporters of Lula celebrate his victory in the Brazilian presidential election in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Zuma/Alamy

    Brazil Is Already Changing a Few Days After Lula Won for President

    I was in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, ...

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    Felipe Tirado
    Observer's cartoonist Chris Riddel Gets Inspired by the Amazon

    How Does a British Cartoonist See the Political Change in Brazil

    Max Bono talks with Chris Riddell at Lucca Comics and Games, in Italy Great ...

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    Max Bono
    ‘I will govern for all the people’: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva celebrates his election victory. EPA-EFE/Sebastião Moreira

    New Brazilian President Lula Gets a Damaged Economy in a Divided Country

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has achieved a remarkable political comeback by regaining the ...

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    Anthony Pereira
    People perform during the Boi-Bumbá in Parintins. Photo provided by author

    Parintins: An Amazon Island Overcomes Isolation Throwing the Boi Bumbá Party

    There are no bridges or roads that connect the city-island of Parintins to the ...

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    Mauro Cossu, Gonzalo Lizarralde, and Lisa Bornstein
    A still from a FUNAI video of The Man of the Hole, filmed during a government monitoring mission

    Brazil’s Man of the Hole Is Dead. The Last Survivor of His Tribe’s Genocide

    An Indigenous man known as “The Man of the Hole” has died in Brazil. ...

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    Dani Silva, center, alongside Francineide Ferreira dos Santos and Raimunda Gomes da Silva. All three were expelled from their land. | Pablo Albarenga

    For Dani, Defending the Amazon Is Defending the Planet’s Life

    Some 40 kilometers from the Brazilian city of Altamira, ‘Photograph Belo Monte’ is written ...

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    Pablo Albarenga and Francesc Badia I Dalmases
    People skilled with weapons, sometimes linked to the state, use violence to ensure illicit activities. Giuseppe Flandoli/Shutterstock

    The Future of the Amazon and the World Climate Is in the Hands of the Brazilian Militias

    The future of the environmental agenda is on a collision course with Brazil’s violent ...

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    Nicholas Pope
    People hold signs during a vigil following the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

    Fired from His Work with Indians, Vanished Amazon Expert Bruno Pereira Had Gone Back to the Field

    Sent to a desk job after President Jair Bolsonaro’s election, indigenous protector Bruno Pereira ...

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    Andre Cabette Fabio
    Land grabs put the rainforest at risk by increasing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.

    How Brazil Is Privatizing Public Forests and Opening the Door for More Deforestation

    Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also ...

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    Gabriel Cardoso Carrero, Cynthia S. Simmons and Robert T. Walker