Bolsonaro’s allies expect election-focused acts but do not rule out attacks by the president against the president of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court, Alexandre Moraes According to the Folha de São Paulo newspaper, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) wants to use Brazil Independence Day on September 7 to give a… Continue reading →
In an editorial, the scientific publication draws attention to the disastrous impact that Bolsonaro has had on the pandemic and his disrespectful treatment of indigenous people. This Saturday (3), the scientific journal The Lancet published an editorial (“New Beginnings for Latin America?“) on the Brazilian presidential election. For this, “Brazil… Continue reading →
The results of three years of monitoring by Sirad X, the Xingu+ Network’s deforestation detection system, reveal an intensification of conflicts and disputes over land and natural resources in the Xingu Protected Areas. Deforestation, illegal mining, fires, land grabbing, and the impacts of large infrastructure projects threaten the Xingu and… Continue reading →
A man was arrested Thursday night after aiming a handgun at Argentina’s politically powerful Vice President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, at point-blank range. The assassination attempt failed because the gun did not fire. “A man pointed a firearm at her head and pulled the trigger,” the president said in a… Continue reading →
Prior to the Oct. 2 election, former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s lead over the far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro shrank one percentage point, from 19 to 18 points, according to a poll released on Thursday by pollster Datafolha. In the poll, the leftist leader received 47% of… Continue reading →
The front-runner in the polls for the October presidential election in Brazil, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, declared on Saturday that he will not tolerate threats against institutions and that the armed forces must commit to democracy. “It is necessary to overcome authoritarianism and anti-democratic threats. We will not… Continue reading →
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro is up against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a leftist former president, in Latin America’s most important election this year. However, an even bigger challenge may come from a Supreme Court judge. Justice Alexandre de Moraes is in charge of a broad investigation into disinformation involving… Continue reading →
Fears are growing for the fates of Dom Phillips and Bruno Arajo Pereira, who have been missing for more than a week in the Brazilian Amazon, following the discovery of what appeared to be human remains and revelations that the pair had received death threats. There has been no official… Continue reading →
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