After complaints of mistreatment of Chinese workers in Brazil, BYD increased its oversight
Agência Pública revealed workers faced 'slavery-like conditions' at an outsourced company for BYD
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Lula never pressured me to endorse oil exploration
Brazil’s environment minister Marina Silva, interviewed by Agência Pûblica
We Are Reminded Again What Autocrats Fear Most: Woman Power
Why do autocrats like Trump and Bolsonaro hate women? Female activism threatens their anti-democratic power
Fact-Checking Is Dead, Long Live Fact-Checking! A Brazilian Takedown Of Mark Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg's attack on fact-checkers may be cynical and vile, but the practice is here to stay and key to democracy
A new mall for the village: How carbon credit dollars affect Indigenous people in Guyana
Excluded from the negotiations, Indigenous people in Guyana criticize the loss of autonomy in their territories
Brazil: soldiers acquitted of Rio ‘execution’
Musician Evaldo Rosa’s car was struck by 62 bullets on 7 April 2019
Modern Slavery In Brazil: The BYD Factory Victims Show Colonial Legacy Living On
Rescue of 163 Chinese at BYD in Brazil shows 21st-century labor abuse, tied to colonial legacy and politics
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Projeto Escravizadores: 33 Brazilian Authorities Have Ancestors Linked to Slavery
Unprecedented investigation by Pública reveals records linking relatives of current politicians to enslaved individuals
“We have no tears left to cry:” Brazilian city ruined three times by intense flooding
Residents of the city of Muçum in Southern Brazil could join the country’s 500,000 climate refugees
In the G20, Brazil lists “information integrity” as a principle
The country seeks to be in the center of discussions about fighting disinformation and hate speech
JBS Accused of Buying Cattle from the Most Deforested Resex in the Amazon
Three More Rondônia Slaughterhouses Sued; Actions Aim to Price Jaci-Paraná Reserve Destruction
COP28: Increase in Oil Production in Brazil May Nullify Gains from Zero Deforestation
New calculation shows CO2 emissions from burning Equatorial Margin oil are 3 times Brazil's goal for 2030
El Niño threatens Brazil nut production
The El Niño event of 2015-16 led to a 37% fall in production of the crop in the Amazon region of Brazil
Surge of evangelical churches threatens Afro-Brazilian religions Brazil’s quilombos
Followers of Umbanda in four Northeastern traditional communities are resisting pressure to convert to Christianity
Petrobras foresees oil record and may curb reduction of greenhouse gas emission
Data show that the state-owned company may go in the opposite direction of foreign oil companies in terms of emissions
Offshore oil plans in Brazil threaten South America’s largest coral reef
Regional government defends oil drilling in the Pará-Maranhão basin despite vetoes from Brazil’s environmental regulator
Petrobras’ oil plans in Equatorial Margin cause concern in French Guiana
Agência Pública traveled to the country to understand how our neighbors feel about oil prospecting on their border
Brazilian town displays photographs containing Nazi symbols in a public building
Dona Emma, a small town in southern Brazil founded by a german colonization society, has a history of extremist groups
Brazilian state deputy says she was sexually assaulted by Boaventura de Sousa Santos
State deputy Bella Gonçalves' account is one of several accusations made against the University of Coimbra professor
How an anti-abortion group in Brazil spreads disinformation with public cash
A São Paulo anti-abortion centre has forged lucrative ties to leading far-right political figures
Ex-vice president admitted illegal mining problem in Yanomami territory, but failed to act
Hamilton Mourão, now a senator, was the president of the body responsible for efforts to protect the Brazilian Amazon
A frontline view of the fight against illegal mining in Yanomami territory
A day on the job with Brazil’s environmental agency inspectors in search of clandestine gold mine sites
