Tag: Brazil

Bolsonaro's supporters took to the streets in June 2020 in support of the federal government | Szucinski/Alamy Stock Photo

Brazil President’s Fans Call Him Myth and Are Encouraged to Defy Science and Books

Recent polls suggest that the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, is the favorite to win ...

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Beatriz Buarque
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Harvest time at a palm oil plantation in Pará, Brazil. Photo by Miguel Pinheiro/CIFOR.

They Call Themselves Green, But Palm Oil in the Amazon Means Deforestation and Human Rights Violations

Guided by an Indigenous leader, we drove down dusty roads in the Turé-Mariquita Indigenous ...

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Karla Mendes
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Former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Lula’s Innocence Declared in Court Opens Door for Next Year’s Run for Presidency

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Monday annulled the criminal convictions against former leftist ...

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Ricardo Brito
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A worker seen in a coffee farm during operation to identify slave workers in Minas Gerais state. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Slave Workers Rescued in Brazil Were as Young as Nine

A large Brazilian tobacco exporter has been charged with using slave labor in the ...

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Fabio Teixeira
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Cemetery workers are forced to don protective clothing during a funeral service in the state of Manaus

Enough with the Fussiness, Stop the “Mimimi”, Blurts Out Brazilian President Faced with Covid

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said that people needed to “stop whining” about COVID-19 in ...

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Newsroom
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At first glance, the Cerrado looks barren. But the savanna boasts important aquifers and provides major carbon storage. Andressa Zumpano / Action Aid.

Only Now the World Is Starting to Learn How Vital Is Brazil’s Cerrado to Our Planet

On May 6, 2015, the Brazilian government officially recognized a special economic region, one ...

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Peter Yeung
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A patient gets to ambulance in Manaus, Brazil Amazonas state, which is short of oxygen

Covid: Manaus, Inside the Brazilian Rain Forest, Begs the World for Oxygen

Amazonas state in northern Brazil has admitted it is running short of oxygen to ...

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Newsroom
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Number of black candidates increases dramatically - Marcello Casal Jr/ABr

Previous White Candidates Find that Running for Office as Black Pays Off in Brazil

Number of black candidates increases dramatically – Marcello Casal Jr/ABr Brazil is undergoing a ...

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Andrew Janusz
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Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro - Andre Borges/NurPhoto/PA Images

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Clownish and Incompetent Figure Is Also His Main Strength

The results of the recent municipal elections in Brazil were interpreted in distinct ways ...

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Katerina Hatzikidi
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The Amazon rainforest meets soybean fields in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Paralaxis/Shutterstock

The Future of Brazil’s Amazon Depends on What You Eat Every Day

Soy may have a pretty innocuous reputation thanks to its association with vegan food ...

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Angela Guerrero and Malika Virah-Sawmy
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