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Lula Blasts Bolsonaro and Brazil's Oligarchs for 'Creating a Monster' in Video Seen as Launching Political Comeback

Former Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva released a video on Monday in which he says the Bolsonaro administration and the country's oligarchy have "created a monster." (Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)

As Fires Surge in Brazilian Amazon, Bolsonaro Strategy to Battle Deforestation Blasted as 'PR Stunt'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Greenpeace flew over Amazonas and Rondônia on August 16, 2020 states to verify the effectiveness of a fire ban imposed by the Brazilian government last month. (Photo: Christian Braga/Greenpeace)

"Instead of combating criminal behavior and protecting Indigenous forest guardians already hit hard by Covid-19, this government continues to reduce environmental protection."

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Brazilian Health Workers File ICC Complaint Arguing Bolsonaro Covid-19 Response Has Been Crime Against Humanity

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Protesters take action against the Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro in the central region of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, on June 28, 2020. (Photo: Fabio Vieira/FotoRua/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Catholic bishops in Brazil are also accusing the government of systematically...

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Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro Tests Positive for Covid-19

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (C) waves to supporters during the inauguration of a field hospital in Aguas Lindas, in the State of Goiais, Brazil, on June 5, 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The announcement comes three days after the right-wing leader was photographed...

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The Arara people in the Cachoeira Seca Indigenous territory of Brazil now have the highest known Covid-19 infection rate in the Brazilian Amazon, according to Survival International.

Arara People of Brazilian Amazon 'Very Worried' as Vulnerable Tribe Faces Highest Known Covid-19 Infection Rate in Region

Protesters in protective gear dig mock graves symbolizing deaths due to Covid-19 to protest against the Brazilian government's handling of the pandemic on June 11, 2020 at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo: Fabio Alarico Teixeira/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Amid Growing Death Toll in Brazil, Bolsonaro's Handling of the Covid-19 Pandemic Condemned as 'Pitiful'

'Grim Situation' of Spiraling Instability in Brazil Could Be Precursor of Coup, Observers Warn

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (C) waves to supporters during the inauguration of a field hospital in Aguas Lindas, in the State of Goiais, Brazil, on June 5, 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mounting Death Toll and Confirmed Covid-19 Cases in Brazil Increase Anger Over Bolsonaro's Response

Fears of Bolsonaro's Threat to the Amazon Realized as New Data Shows Rainforest Destruction Up 55%

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Lula Warns 'Reckless' Pandemic Response by Bolsonaro Leading Brazil 'to the Slaughterhouse'

'Bolsonaro Out!' From Balconies and Windows, Millions Demand Ouster of Brazilian President Over Handling of Coronavirus

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes the hand of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

Conflicting Reports About Brazil President Bolsonaro Intensify Alarm Over Trump's Possible Exposure to Coronavirus

Glenn Greenwald

'Not Good Enough': After Judge's Ruling, Greenwald Vows to Take Press Freedom Case to Brazil's Supreme Court

David Miranda and Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald and David Miranda on Bolsonaro's Far-Right Movement in Brazil: 'We Intend to Fight This Repression, Not Flee From It'

Snowden and Greenwald

Snowden Warns Targeting of Greenwald and Assange Shows Governments 'Ready to Stop the Presses—If They Can'

Glenn Greenwald

In Open Letter to Brazilian Authorities, 40+ Rights Groups Condemn 'Attempt to Intimidate and Retaliate Against' Glenn Greenwald

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Freedom of the Press Foundation

Our Statement on Brazil's Outrageous Charges Against Journalist Glenn Greenwald...

Indigenous Environmental Network

Inexorable Solidarity With the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil

Indigenous Environmental Network

Joint Statement on the Amazon Rainforest Fires and Brazilian President Jair Bolonsaro’s War on Indignenous

Amnesty International - USA

Brazilian Government's Failures are Fueling Wildfires Across the Amazon...

Reprieve

Reprieve Comment on Bolsonaro Ally's Call for Brazil to "Open Its Own Guantanamo"...

Friends of the Earth

Civil Society Groups Vow to Oppose “Hateful Rhetoric, Violence, Intimidation and Persecution” by Bolsonaro Government

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Stuart Basden

Our Lungs Are Under Attack—We Must Protect Them to Stay Alive

Christopher Brauchli

The Environment, the Trump and Bolsonaro

Brazilian Network of Environmental Journalism

Where Journalism Is Planted, Democracy Blooms

Kevin Funk

The Class Politics of Coronavirus Responses in the Americas

Christopher Brauchli

The Pandemic and the Trumps

Juan Cole

Fundamentalist Pandemics

Shanna Hanbury

Indigenous Group Wins Unprecedented Right of Reply to Bolsonaro’s Racist Invective

Liberty Vittert

Statistic of the Decade: The Massive Deforestation of the Amazon

Pedro Telles

Whose Democracy in Brazil?

Danica Jorden

Bolsonaro’s Revisionist History of Brazil