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‘Carnage’: 25 killed in Rio de Janeiro’s deadliest police raid
Brazil’s police said crackdown on drug trafficking was justified but residents denounce ‘execution-style killings’.
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They are killing our forest, Brazilian tribe warns
The Awa, who have been called "the most threatened tribe on earth", face fresh challenges in Brazil.
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French bank will stop financing companies that exploit deforested land in the Amazon
Continuing a trend of European businesses moving independently to protect the Amazon, France’s BNP Paribas announced it will no longer finance companies that buy cattle or soy produced on deforested or converted Amazon lands after 2008. The measure also applies to deforested lands in Brazil’s Cerrado region, a threatened tropical savanna eco-region covering 20% of Brazil that has lost half its land to agricultural clearing.
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Woman enslaved as a maid for nearly 40 years freed
A Brazilian woman enslaved as a maid from the age of eight for almost four decades and forced into marriage has been rescued in a rare crackdown on domestic slavery, officials said. The 46-year-old was found living in a small room in an apartment in Patos de Minas, in the south-eastern state of Minas Gerais. She had worked for the family for most of her life without pay or any time off, according to labour inspectors.
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As Amazon deforestation hits 12 year high, France rejects Brazilian soy
A day after Brazil announced 11,000 square kilometers of annual deforestation, France, the EU’s biggest buyer of Brazilian soy flour, announced plans to become more self-sufficient on the commodity.
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Apple will be forced to sell iPhones with included power adapter in Brazil
While Apple has basically removed all accessories that come with new iPhones in the box, it was reported in October that the company had to keep shipping them with EarPods in France due to local laws. Something similar will happen in Brazil with the power adapter, as the Brazilian state of São Paulo decided that Apple is now required to sell new iPhones with the accessory.
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Coronavirus is 'completely out of control' among Brazilian tribe
Confirmed cases of Covid-19 on the Yanomami indigenous reservation in northern Brazil have risen some 260% between August and October, a report found.
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Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest jump in October
Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged in October and the number of blazes is up 25% in the first 10 months of 2020, compared to a year ago, data from government space research agency Inpe showed on Sunday.
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Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study
Climate crisis and logging is leading to shift from canopy rainforest to open grassland
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Amazon 'condemned to destruction' as fires proliferate across Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro smiles down from a propaganda billboard at the entrance to this scruffy Amazon outpost, welcoming travelers to his “route to development”. But 20 months into Bolsonaro’s presidency – and a year after a devastating outbreak of Amazon fires caused global outrage – the fires are back, and many fear Brazil’s leader is instead steering his country towards environmental ruin.
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Gospel-singing Brazilian politician may be expelled from congress to face murder charges
A gospel-singing Brazilian lawmaker accused of masterminding the assassination of the husband who was once her adopted son is facing calls for her expulsion from congress so she can face murder charges. Flordelis dos Santos de Souza – a favela-born celebrity congresswoman whose rise to stardom was celebrated in a film featuring some of Brazil’s top actors – is fighting to avoid jail after police claimed she had orchestrated her partner’s 2019 murder.
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Amazon Deforestation Falls Where Land Is Under Indigenous Control
Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon with full ownership rights over their land saw a two-thirds decrease in the rate of deforestation on their land in the world's most important rainforest, a new study finds.
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Amazon rainforest ‘could collapse’ as 2020 fires set to be most devastating
FIRES that are ripping through the Amazon rainforest are set to be the most devastating, leading to fears that the ecosystem could collapse. Records are expected to tumble on the number of fires, which are often started deliberately, despite warnings that deforestation could cause "runaway" climate change.
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Beyond Meat heads into Brazil, one of the world’s largest beef markets
Beyond Meat is going beyond another border. The plant-based-meat company today announced its expansion into Brazil, where it will debut its Beyond Burger, Beyond Sausage, and Beyond Beef products. The meat alternatives will appear in the aisles of upscale supermarket chain St. Marche, at 19 of its locations across São Paolo.
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As coronavirus and deforestation soar in Brazil, groups take Bolsonaro to court
Experts predict a double catastrophe in the Amazon rainforest if the coronavirus pandemic overlaps with the forest fire season. The Brazilian government has frozen climate funds and rolled back environmental regulations.
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Hard-hit Brazil passes one million virus cases
The country becomes the second to hit the mark amid warnings the outbreak's peak is still weeks away.
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Five-month-old Brazilian baby survives coronavirus after 32 days in coma
After spending a month in an induced coma due to Covid-19, Dom, a 5-month-old Brazilian baby, gets to go home and celebrate his 6-month birthday. A few months after he was born, Dom was diagnosed with Covid-19 at the Pro-Cardiaco hospital in Rio de Janeiro. He spent 54 days in the hospital -- 32 of them in an induced coma and connected to a ventilator, Dom's father, Wagner Andrade, told CNN.
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In Bolsonaro's Brazil, everyone else is to blame for virus
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With Brazil emerging as one of the world's most infected countries, President Jair Bolsonaro is deflecting all responsibility for the coronavirus crisis
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Coronavirus: Brazil headed for catastrophe
President Jair Bolsonaro has refused to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously, even though more than 17,500 Brazilians have already died from the virus. And the number of cases continues to grow exponentially.
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Bolsonaro in fresh crisis over son's alleged links to fake news racket
Claims risk damaging Brazilian president already reeling from resignation of justice minister
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