This is the first time in Brazil’s long history of political instability that a coup attempt has led to a conviction. Marieke Riethof, University of Liverpool Four out of five members of Brazil’s supreme court have voted to convictthe former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for plotting a military coup after losing the 2022 election […]
Participants in the 20th Free Land Camp demanded that leftist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva deliver on his promises to Indigenous people. BRETT WILKINS Apr 26, 2024 Thousands of people rallied this week in Brasília for the 20th annual Free Land Camp—the largest gathering of Indigenous people in Brazil—where participants demanded […]
By Philip Fearnside, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) and Rosimeire Araújo Silva, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) The Amazon is facing an unprecedented drought that is projected to continue affecting the region at least until mid-2024. The lowest water levels in 121 years of river-level records have been recorded in the city of Manaus. […]