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Bolsonaro's political future in the balance as judges deliberate

BRASíLIA - Far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro's political future hangs in the balance as a panel of seven judges weigh barring him from public office for years over attacks on Brazil's electoral system.

Bangkok Post

Deforestation and the state of the world’s rainforests

The ongoing destruction of the world’s rainforests sped up in 2022, putting worldwide promises to end deforestation by 2030 in serious doubt.

The Week

Explained | Global tropical primary forest cover continued decline in 2022: study

Primary tropical forest cover continued to decrease at an alarming rate in 2022, making the goal of net zero deforestation by 2030 even more unattainable.

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Amazon facing ‘urgent’ crime crisis after gutting of protections, says drugs tsar

Brazilian government warning comes as UN report says that flourishing organized crime groups are driving a boom in environmental devastation

The Guardian - US

Growing up trans in Brazil can be deadly

SAO PAULO: Wearing a pink dress that matches the bow in her hair, eight-year-old Agatha flashes a smile that belies all she has been through as a trans child growing up in Brazil.

Bangkok Post

Destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge

An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is failing

The Guardian - UK

Solving the global food crisis

When ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro came to power in January 2019, one of his first acts in office was to abolish the National Food and Nutrition Security Council (Consea), a globally lauded body that had reduced food insecurity. It was a huge step back for the country, which the UN…

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Political future of Brazil's Bolsonaro hangs in the balance as his trial begins

Brazil’s top electoral court has started hearing a case that could torpedo the political future of former President Jair Bolsonaro by rendering him ineligible for public office for eight years

The Independent UK

Bolsonaro goes on trial over electoral fraud claims that could bar him from elections

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro goes on trial Thursday, facing charges that he spread false information about Brazil's election system. He's also facing allegations that he abused his power.

WEKU

‘The signs aren’t good’: Bolsonaro may face ban on running for office in 2026

Judges to decide whether to impose eight-year ban on Brazil’s former president, after attack on electoral system

The Guardian - UK

Brazil’s Lula to discuss trade deal with Macron on France visit

Brazilian president says he plans to raise stalled trade deal between the EU and bloc of South American nations.

Al Jazeera

Is it the end of populism, or just a pause?

We're going to miss the populist "big beasts" now that they're gone. Who will now tell us that "Voting Conservative will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3"? (Boris Johnson) Who will describe Barack Obama as "handsome, young and also suntanned"?…

Bangkok Post

Watch as thousands gather for huge Pride parade in Sao Paulo

Watch as thousands of people gather for Sao Paolo's iconic Pride parade on Sunday, 11 June.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Bruno and Dom’s legacy: defend nature’s defenders

Editorial: One year after Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were killed in the Amazon, their work explaining what is happening there goes on

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Will ‘safe pair of hands’ Feijóo deal with far-right Vox and take power in Spain?

Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s inner circle believes he can appeal to centre-right voters and win snap general election

The Guardian - US

‘You’re looking to die’: the Brazil river where illegal fishing threatens lives

Poaching of endangered species flourishes despite widespread outcry – but sustainable fishing could end the violence engulfing the trade

The Guardian - UK

The multinational companies that industrialised the Amazon rainforest

Analysis shows handful of corporations extract tens of billions of dollars of raw materials a year – and their commitments to restoration vary greatly

The Guardian - UK

More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand

Investigation involving Guardian shows systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming in Brazil

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A visual guide to deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest

Fortunes of world’s largest rainforest and its Indigenous inhabitants have risen and fallen with political leadership

The Guardian - UK

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira will not be forgotten, vows Brazil’s Lula

President says last year’s killings were result of ‘encouragement of anarchy’ in Amazon under Bolsonaro

The Guardian - UK

One year after their deaths, their work must go on

On 5 June 2022, Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were killed for protecting the Amazon rainforest. A new collaboration aims to continue what they started

The Guardian - UK

Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were killed in the Amazon: A year later their Indigenous allies risk death to carry on the work

The Brazilian Amazon and its Indigenous people remain under siege but a patrol group the killed activist helped form is fighting back

France 24

New era in Brazil-Venezuela ties: Lula welcomes back Nicolas Maduro on diplomatic stage

For the first time in nine years, leaders from the regional bloc formerly known as the Union of South American Nations have convened this week in Brazil. The gathering of these 11 countries has demonstrated a renewed spirit of cooperation. A notable highlight is Brazilian President Lula da Silva's meeting…

Reuters

Brazil's Lula cuts losses after setbacks on environment and Indigenous front

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has suffered a major defeat over important legislation protecting the Amazon rainforest and the Indigenous people who live in it, and he has had to cut his losses in a conservative Congress.

The Guardian - US

Outrage as Brazil law threatening Indigenous lands advances in congress

Critics denounced ‘lies, hatred and racism’ as legislation moves to senate after being overwhelmingly endorsed by lower house

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