Sue Branford
Bolsonaro’s Brazil 2019: death by 1,000 cuts
by Sue Branford & Thais Borges
While the media focused in 2019 on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s incendiary remarks, or on the Amazon fires, he...
Brazil guts environmental agencies, clears way for unchecked deforestation
by Sue Branford & Thais Borges
The Bolsonaro administration has launched policies that undermine IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental agency, and ICMBio (The Chico Mendes Institute) which...
Brazilian Amazon: 3 massacres in 12 days
by Sue Branford & Thais Borges
The Amazon has seen three probable massacres in 12 days — likely a record for the region — as...
Brazil: Indigenous reserves to be opened up to mining
by Sue Branford & Mauricio Torres
New Minister of Mines and Energy Admiral Bento Albuquerque announced on 4 March that he plans to permit...
Bolsonaro’s Black Box
P oll after poll this week has shown support for the ex-army captain, Jair Bolsonaro, is growing, while the number backing Fernando Haddad, from...
Bom dia, Lula
Updated 23 June, to reflect latest legal decision. In his prison cell, every morning at 7 o’clock, Lula hears hundreds of supporters camped nearby...
Nicaragua: What now?
Tens of thousands of Nicaraguans marched through the streets of the capital Managua and other cities at the end of April.
The demonstrations were in...
Brazil announces end to Amazon mega-dam building policy
Brazil’s government this week announced a major shift away from its policy of building mega-dams in the Brazilian Amazon – a strategy born...
Brazil: new dams threaten Aripuana basin
With the bancada ruralista mining / agribusiness lobby in control of the Temer government and Congress, a Brazilian company, Intertechne Consultores, sees it...
Tapajos under attack 15: Brazil on verge of legitimizing Amazon land...
Brazil’s president has until 22 June to approve or veto two bills (PLC 4 and PLC 5) turning over more than 600,000 hectares...
