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Brazil's Supreme Court criminalizes homophobia and transphobia
The new ruling would legally protect the country's LGBT community, which has among the highest rates of violent deaths in the world.
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'Football pitch' of Amazon forest lost every minute
Satellite images show a sharp increase in clearances of trees in the first half of this year.
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Amazon deforestation accelerating towards unrecoverable 'tipping point'
Data confirms fears that Jair Bolsonaro’s policy encourages illegal logging in Brazil
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A Brazilian gang leader dressed up as his 19-year-old daughter to escape from prison. It didn't work
Clauvino de Silva attempted to escape prison by dressing up as his 19-year-old daughter and leaving her in his cell.
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How YouTube Radicalized Brazil
YouTube built its business on keeping users hooked. This has been a gift to extremist groups. An investigation in the company’s second-biggest market found serious consequences.
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Satellites show Brazil’s deforestation has only gotten worse since Bolsonaro took office
Jair Bolsonaro can't hide tree crimes from these satellite eyes
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The Amazon is burning and smoke from the fires can be seen from space
Smoke from record wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest blanketed São Paulo on Monday and could be seen from space.
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EU to discuss Brazil beef ban over Amazon fires
The EU ought to consider banning Brazilian beef unless it takes action on forest fires, the Finnish EU presidency has said. A wider free trade deal is also at risk.
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G7 to release emergency aid for Amazon forest fire crisis
Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Monday offered $20 million of emergency aid to help battle wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, a gesture Brazil slammed as colonialist.
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The Amazon Fires, From an Extraterrestrial Perspective
Orbiting telescopes like Hubble have the luxury of avoiding the sometimes-dispiriting business of looking down at Earth.
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Pesticides Linked to Deaths of Millions of Bees in Brazil
Pesticides Linked to Deaths of Millions of Bees in Brazil
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The Amazon hasn't stopped burning. There were 19,925 fire outbreaks last month, and 'more fires' are in the future
The number of Amazon fires has decreased since they elicited an international outcry in August, but experts believe this is just a temporary respite.
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Brazilian ex-President Lula released from jail
He was greeted by supporters outside the prison where he was held on corruption charges.
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Brazil’s deforestation is exploding—and 2020 will be worse
The Brazilian government acknowledges the spike but says it’s the continuation of a 7-year trend
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‘The Amazon Is Completely Lawless’: The Rainforest After Bolsonaro’s First Year
Deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest, an important buffer against climate change, has soared under President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil.
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Brazil's Amazon deforestation this year nearly size of Puerto Rico, says agency
Destruction of the world’s largest tropical rainforest in November more than doubled the same period last year
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Destroying the Amazon Isn’t Worth the Profit It Generates
The destruction of the Brazilian rainforest is fueling this consistent growth in economic prosperity, but at what cost?
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The Amazon Rainforest Is About To Cross An Irreversible Threshold, Top Scientists Say
That's because humans have been cutting and burning the forest, which allows moisture to escape the ecosystem.
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Why Brazil's Charges Against Glenn Greenwald Are an ‘Absolute Red Alert’
It's a sign that democratically elected governments are growing more comfortable cracking down on journalists for publishing information originally obtained illegally, even if it’s in the public interest.
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When will the Amazon hit a tipping point?
Seen from a monitoring tower above the treetops near Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon, the rainforest canopy stretches to the horizon as an endless sea of green. It looks like a rich and healthy ecosystem, but appearances are deceiving. This rainforest — which holds 16,000 separate tree species — is slowly drying out.
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