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Bolsonaro dragging Brazil towards coronavirus calamity, experts fear
Concerns grow that by downplaying threat, Brazil’s president risks public health crisis
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro makes life-or-death coronavirus gamble
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has staked out the most deliberately dismissive position of any major...
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Brazil court rules in favor of Apple over iPhone slowing
A court in Brazil has dismissed a case against Apple over the iPhone slowdown controversy as unfounded after authorities determined that Apple had taken appropriate action.
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The 90-year-old leader trying to save the Amazon
Newsnight was given rare access to a once-in-a-generation meeting of indigenous groups trying to save the Amazon. Environmental campaigners and indigenous groups say the policies of Brazil's populist leader Jair Bolsonaro have heavily contributed to the destruction of the rainforest.
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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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The Amazon is a key buffer against climate change. A new study warns wildfires could decimate it
When healthy, the Amazon rainforest is one of the planet's most critical defenses against further climate change. But a new study warns that this key barrier is in danger due to increasing wildfires, and that the forest could begin contributing more heat-trapping carbon to the atmosphere than it absorbs in the coming decades.
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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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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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Brazil Amazon deforestation climbs more than 100% in November over same month last year - government agency
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon jumped to the highest level for the month of November since record-keeping began in 2015, according to preliminary government data published on Friday.
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Indigenous boy stabbed to death in Amazon amid wave of racism
An indigenous 15-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in an Amazonian reserve in Brazil, the latest in a string of murders which have heightened tensions in the region. Erisvan Soares Guajajara’s body was found on Friday in the Amarante do Maranhão city, on the edge of an increasingly deforested indigenous reserve on the fringes of the Amazon rainforest.
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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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‘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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Leonardo DiCaprio Accused Of Bankrolling Amazon Rainforest Fires By Brazil President
Jair Bolsonaro, the populist Brazilian nationalist president sometimes referred to as the “Trump of the Tropics,” has accused actor Leonardo DiCaprio of financially backing the fires that have torched the Amazon rainforest in that country. So far, Bolsonaro’s unsubstantiated attack has drawn scorn from politicians and activists.
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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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Victory for Brazil tribe as hotel group cancels plans for luxury resort
A Brazilian tribe that has been fighting for 15 years to preserve land they use to gather food won a victory on Monday when public pressure made Portuguese hotel group Vila Gale cancel plans to build a 500-room luxury resort on the Bahia coast.
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Brazil’s Amazon rainforest destruction is at its highest rate in more than a decade
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has surged to its highest rate in more than a decade, according to new data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE). It’s an alarming development in one of the most critical ecosystems for the planet, and it highlights how policy decisions by President Jair Bolsonaro’s government are driving the destruction.
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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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Rightwing columnist smacks journalist Glenn Greenwald on Brazil radio show
Greenwald has faced backlash from far right after series of articles damaging to Jair Bolsonaro’s government
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Amazon rainforest 'close to irreversible tipping point'
Forecast suggests rainforest could stop producing enough rain to sustain itself by 2021
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Why Amazon Fires Keep Raging 10 Years After a Deal to End Them
Many of the thousands of fires burning in Brazil’s Amazon are set by ranchers. A deal inked 10 years ago was meant to stop the problem, but the ecological arson goes on as the Earth warms.
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