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Brazil's religious homeschooling groups are giving parents instructions on how to spank their children

Communities in Brazil’s adopt new strategies in fight against desertification
In Brazil’s semi-arid northeast, family farmers are using technology and collective resource management to fight climate change and environmental degradation

How The Trump Universe Is Backing Bolsonaro’s Reelection Bid In Brazil
Gettr has sponsored conservative conferences in Brazil ahead of October’s presidential elections

Eliesio Marubo: ‘We need the state to maintain a presence in the region’
Brazilian lawyer after indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips be found dead on June 15

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s Last Journey
A suspect has admitted to killing the journalist and Indigenous expert while they were reporting in the Amazon. Agência Pública retraces the steps of their final trip

Case of journalist Rubens Valente reveals new censorship and puts press freedom at risk
“It is an attack on freedom of expression and information”, says journalist, condemned by STJ and STF for the publication of the book “Operação Banqueiro”

The hidden marketing machine behind Brazil’s food delivery giant
How iFood used social media to undermine workers’ labor organizing efforts
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Brazilian youth fight to decolonize climate justice
Activists from Brazil’s urban peripheries are among the hardest hit by the climate crisis, and they are becoming increasingly active in the fight against it

Canadian miners get high-level lobbying boost for Brazilian Amazon projects
Bank Forbes & Manhattan appears to be aided in pushing its mining interests in Brazil thanks to lobbying efforts by an old army acquaintance of the country’s vice president

Brazil: “I skip meals so I can feed my children”
Single mothers who raise their families alone were hit face on by the loss of jobs and income; women are always the last to eat

Exports of threatened species’ timber boomed under Bolsonaro, probe finds
An investigation begun in May this year by the Brazilian Federal Police highlighted “a major scheme facilitating the smuggling of rainforest products

Capoeiristas from one of Brazil’s biggest groups denounce their masters for sexual crimes
Leaders from the renowned capoeira group Cordão de Ouro, which has accredited schools in more than thirty countries, accused of abusing children and adolescents since the 1970s

Brazil Cattle Linked to Accused Drug Trafficker Sold to Major Companies
João Soares Rocha, who, according to the Federal Police, used cattle-raising to launder money made from drugs, is also involved in slave labour, illegal deforestation and homicide

U.S. and Argentine investors tied to illegal land deals and deforestation in Brazil
The company BrasilAgro has been under investigation since 2016 — the beneficiaries range from Argentine ranchers to US pension funds and the Bank of New York

‘Throw them overboard’: Brazil mine disaster victims bullied over compensation
Communities awaiting compensation from the worst environmental disaster in Brazilian history say they’re being stymied by a convoluted legal process that favors those responsible

Brazil: politicians distribute fake Covid-19 cures
Brazilian mayors peddling 'cures' ahead of November elections

Damares’ disciples: female evangelicals increasing presence in Brazilian politics
Damares Alves, Brazil’s minister for women, the family and human rights, has inspired a new generation of conservative Christian women to run for public office

The FBI, the Fusion Center, and the Far Right: US creep in Brazil
The report reveals meetings involving the representatives from other areas of the US Government, such as the Treasury, with the new Justice and Security Minister in the first weeks of his tenure, intended to “deepen Brazil’s legal cooperation with the United States”

Bolsonaro thinks he can hide the bodies
The Brazilian state could organize an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic – but not with Jair Bolsonaro as president, argues Vladimir Safatle, a philosopher and professor at the Universidade de São Paulo

Brazil: local activists fill the information vacuum on Covid-19
With the government awol, the battle against fake news in the favelas and urban periphery

The Companies and Individuals Attempting to Mine on Indigenous Lands in Brazil
An exclusive survey reveals an explosion in requests since 2019 and lists the potential beneficiaries with the most requests for authorization to mine on indigenous lands

Foreign companies “offloading” agrotoxins in Brazil banned in their own countries
In 2017, Brazilian authorities decided to ban paraquat because of its links to Parkinson’s disease. But since then, imports have increased, and restrictions have been relaxed due to pressure from foreign chemical companies