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
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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
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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
Land conflicts and destruction in the Brazilian Amazon
Poor farmers and settlers in the Amazon are under attack as never before
“We’re witnessing a final offensive against Brazil’s indigenous people”
The anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro discusses indigenous resistance in the Amazon, the indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, and his pessimism about the climate crisis
Militias advance on Rio environmental reserve
In Baixada Fluminense, a new round of illegal land sales is under way
Keeping an ancient tradition alive: meet the indigenous midwives of the Amazon
In the villages of Tabatinga, Amazonas, Ticuna midwives work according to ancestral traditions, honing their skills generation after generation. However, they remain unrecognised by the state
‘In Rio de Janeiro, the Militia Isn’t a Parallel Power. It’s the Government.’
In the following interview, a sociologist who has studied Rio de Janeiro’s [vigilante off-duty police] militias for 26 years explains the relationship between lawmakers and militia members and says that the Bolsonaro family is the political heir of representatives linked to extermination groups that were active in the 1990s. In January, during a police raid
Pay-off time: Brazilian agribusiness calls in favours
Farmers from Pará expect environmental agencies to be eviscerated
Beleaguered Amazon tribes remain staunch in defence of their land
As criminals eye the natural riches of their heavily forested territories, the Ka’apor people refuse to be cowed – even if it means taking the law into their own hands
‘The river is dead’: is a mine polluting the water of Brazil’s Xikrin tribe?
Federal courts are battling to shut down a nickel mining plant said to be contaminating the Cateté river – a charge the company denies
Casa Publica launches new edition of its Residency Program
International journalists will be housed at Casa Publica while investigating human rights related issues in Rio de Janeiro
