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Brazil's Amazon deforestation sets first-quarter record despite March dip

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell 15% in March from a year earlier, preliminary government data showed on Friday, but even with that dip it was enough to drive the most destruction during the first quarter in at least six years.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula taps former rival as his pick for running mate

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has chosen a past rival to be his running mate in October’s election

The Independent UK

Bolsonaro gains on Lula in Brazil race, helped by Moro exit -poll

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has cut leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead by one-third ahead of October's election, gaining ground as former judge Sergio Moro appears to be out of the race, a poll showed Thursday.

Reuters

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‘Toxic combination’ of issues threaten world’s health and human rights – BMA

Doctors’ group says the pandemic heightened inequalities, with populism and conflict also negatively affecting global healthcare

The Guardian - UK

Fuel protests prompt Lima curfew as Ukraine crisis touches South America

Peru’s embattled president takes drastic action as fertiliser and fuel prices soar and Brazil seeks to open Indigenous territory to mining

The Guardian - US

Analysis-Bolsonaro's party grows as center-right rivals stumble into Brazil campaign season

Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has seen the ranks of his new party swell in Congress while center-right rivals for the presidency deal with friendly fire, giving the incumbent a boost as he gears up for his re-election campaign.

Reuters

Indigenous protest camp erected in Brazilian capital to press land rights

Hundreds of indigenous people began gathering in the Brazilian capital on Monday for a 10-day protest camp to defend their land rights and oppose a government bill in Congress that would allow mining and oil exploration on their reservations.

Reuters

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Brazilian ex-judge Moro not ruling out presidential bid

Brazilian graft-fighting ex-judge Sergio Moro is not ruling out a presidential bid, he said on Friday, one day after he said he was no longer a candidate for the Podemos party and had joined the right-wing Union Brazil.

Reuters

Brazilian democracy is under threat, says head of electoral court

Brazilian democracy is being "threatened," Edson Fachin, the president of Brazil's electoral court (TSE), said on Friday, saying the country faced "a turbulent period" ahead of a fraught October presidential election.

Reuters

Why Brazil's Bolsonaro is following Trump’s pre-election playbook

The day after the attack on the US Capitol in January 2021, Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro threatened: “If we don’t have printed ballot papers in 2022, so we can check the vote, we’re going to have worse trouble than in the United States.”

The Conversation

Judge who led Brazil's 'Car Wash' probe ends presidency bid

The federal judge who spearheaded Brazil’s sprawling “Car Wash” corruption probe says he no longer intends to run for president this year

The Independent UK

Brazil officials resign to seek new posts, boost Bolsonaro

Ten Cabinet members and other top officials of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro have left their positions as they gear up to run for office and help boost the president’s reelection chances in October elections

The Independent UK

Brazil's Bolsonaro releases ministers in move to bolster re-election bid

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday relieved nine ministers in a formality that will pave the way for them to run in the country's Oct. 2 general elections and possibly bolster the far-right leader's struggling re-election campaign.

Reuters

Protect Indigenous people’s rights or Paris climate goals will fail, says report

Rainforests looked after by communities absorb twice as much carbon as other lands, analysis shows

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Brazil police say Bolsonaro committed no crime in interference probe

Federal police in Brazil looking into whether President Jair Bolsonaro interfered in police work have cleared him of committing any crime, according to a document sent to the country's Supreme Court on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Marina Diamandis says ‘censorship is alive and well’ in Brazil as government tries to silence musicians

Musician led crowd in chants of ‘f*** Bolsonaro’ at Lollapalooza Brasil

Tribune News Service

Brazil’s Bolsonaro released from hospital after feeling ill

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was released from the hospital early Tuesday, less than 12 hours after being admitted due to abdominal discomfort.

The Independent UK

Brazil: Bolsonaro leaves hospital after overnight stay

The office of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he left the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasilia on Tuesday morning

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Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro rushed to hospital after feeling unwell

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had been taken to hospital in the capital to undergo tests for a possible intestinal obstruction.

Reuters

Brazil's Bolsonaro 'super well' after overnight stay in hospital

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from hospital on Tuesday morning after spending the night there for tests, the president's office said.

The Independent UK

Brazilian president undergoing tests at military hospital

A key Brazilian official says President Jair Bolsonaro has been taken to a hospital in the capital to undergo tests for a possible intestinal obstruction

France 24

Brazil's Bolsonaro admitted to hospital after feeling 'unwell'

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a military hospital in Brasilia Monday to undergo tests after feeling unwell, local press reported. Also on Monday, the president decided to replace the president of state-owned oil giant Petrobras, Joaquim Silva e Luna, amid strong pressure due to recurrent increases in fuel…

The Independent UK

Brazil's Bolsonaro in hospital after feeling discomfort

A high Brazilian officials says President Jair Bolsonaro is being examined at an army hospital in the capital due to a possible intestinal obstruction

Reuters

Brazil's Bolsonaro in hospital after feeling discomfort -minister

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to hospital on Monday after feeling "discomfort", his Communications Minister Fabio Faria said.

The Independent UK

Brazil's education minister resigns amid evangelical scandal

Brazil’s education minister resigned amid a scandal involving evangelical pastors demanding bribes

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