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'Same as Trump': Bolsonaro Issues Preemptive Election Fraud Claims in Brazil

One opposition lawmaker accused Brazil's far-right president of trying to "manipulate public opinion with false accusations."

Brett Wilkins ·

Brazil Indigenous

The Brazilian Government Is Waging War on Indigenous Rights

The Bolsonaro government is using legislation and the courts to try to deprive indigenous people of their rights.

Mark Harris ·

Amazon Drought

'Should Ring Alarm Bells': Study Warns of Severe Drying for Amazon Rainforest

Findings, says lead researcher, shows "that this vital global resource must not be taken for granted."

Brett Wilkins ·

#ForaBolsonaro

'Bolsonaro Out!': Massive Protests as Brazil's Covid-19 Death Toll Tops 500,000

"We are on the street to defend our country, our people, our lives, our culture, our education, our economy. We can no longer die of Covid."

Brett Wilkins ·

Sônia Guajajara, the head of Brazil’s largest indigenous organization, was put under investigation last month over social media campaigns raising awareness of the threat of Covid-19 to the country's indigenous people. (Photo: Stefano Montesi - Corbis/ Getty Images)

Indigenous Rights Defenders Condemn Government Probe Into Critics of Bolsonaro's Covid Response

A federal judge denounced an investigation into two Indigenous leaders as "an illegal embarrassment."

Julia Conley ·

A farmer tries to pour water on an area close to an illegally lit fire in the Amazon rainforest, south of Novo Progresso in the Brazilian state of Pará on August 15, 2020. (Photo: Carl de Souza/AFP via Getty Images)

Bolsonaro Is Destroying the Amazon While Pretending to Protect It

One day after Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro asked world leaders for financial support to save the Amazon rainforest, the federal government slashed the Environment Ministry's budget by $45 million.

Lobato Felizola ·

Far-right anti-refugee protesters in Germany (Photo: Shutterstock)

Fascism's Global Spread Is as Real as the Pandemic's

In the world's largest democracies, far-right movements that embrace violence, reject democracy, and target the vulnerable are on the rise.

Walden Bello ·

Activists gather in front of the Brazilian Embassy during a demonstration organised by Extinction Rebellion activists on August 26, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. The protesters called on the Brazilian government to do more to tackle the the fires and deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. (Photo: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

Why Brazil's President Is a Dangerous Steward for the Amazon

It is imperative for world leaders to understand the depth, cost and extent of Bolsonaro’s 'ecocide' during these last two years and not fall for his lies. 

Anna Buss ·

Another "leader" who will undoubtedly show up at the U.S. Leaders' Summit is Bill Gates, a passionate promoter of GMOs and other techno-fixes to address the impacts of agro-industry on the climate. (Photo: Mike Cohen/Getty Images for The New York Times)

How Earth Day Is Being Co-Opted by Corporate Interests

We must resist the corporate takeover of the UN’s food, biodiversity, and climate agenda.

Simone Lovera ·

A climate change activist holds a sign depicting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro with the slogan "Exterminator of the Future" during a protest against the Brazilian leader over the fires in the Amazon rainforest on August 23, 2019.

International Coalition of Artists to Biden: Don't Cut a Deal With Bolsonaro on Amazon Rainforest

"Urgent action must be taken to address threats to the Amazon, our climate, and human rights, but a deal with Bolsonaro is not the solution."

Jake Johnson ·

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