Brazil

President Trump has unleashed a barrage of actions against Brazil in an attempt to prevent Lula from retaining support. He has stated his open support for previous president Jair Bolsonaro, now under indictment for inciting a coup against Brazil's democratic institutions. He has named and inveighed against Brazil's judges, notably Alexandre de Moraes. Military threats, disguised as anti-drug aid, may soon follow. Brazil now faces 50 per cent tariffs if they do not bend the knee.

The COP30 climate summit, to be held this year in Belém, the ‘capital’ city of the Brazilian Amazon, comes at a critical moment, providing an opportunity to depart from the path of climate colonialism, end fossil fuel expansion, confront agribusiness and mining, and see the Amazon as a warning, a teacher and a mirror. But it risks becoming a spectacle of exclusion, greenwashing and government ‘performance’.

Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by armed police at Stockwell tube station in London in July 2005. They mistakenly believed he was a...

Florida-based influencer Pablo Figueiredo, a close ally of the Bolsonaros, is helping the push for the US to sanction Alexandre de Moraes and other justices of the Brazilian Supreme Court.

The new destructive and retrograde PL2159 Law being debated in Brazil's Congress, if it is approved before COP 30, will make a mockery of Brazil’s ambition to be a leader in environmental questions. By accelerating the destruction of the world’s largest and most biodiverse tropical forest, it will contribute to the climate crisis, not only in Brazil but on the planet.

Founded in response to a perilous oil spill in Rio's Guanabara Bay, Ahomar fishing network has gone on to win international awards for its...

The mobilization on March 13 was part of the Landless Women’s Day of Struggle, a preparation for the MST’s 'Red April'. This piece has...

'It is difficult to come across a book as enlightening, far-reaching and appropriate as the Amazon in Times of War in accessing the complexity...

Social media platform Rumble was ordered to suspend accounts of a Brazilian far-right influencer. It did not comply. So Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered it to shut down. Now Rumble and Trump (via 'Truth' Social) are using the US courts to attack the Brazilian judiciary, accusing it of attacking free speech.

The Indigenous territory faced a severe humanitarian and environmental crisis with the invasion of around 20,000 illegal miners. Trained youths can now act as multipliers of drone monitoring and watch the land against new invasions.