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WikiLeaks: Why Brazil matters to US climate policy-makers

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The leaks, brought together by redd-monitor.org, give a fascinting glimpse into U.S. climate policy towards Brazil, particularly its concern that Brazil should favour carbon trading.

Obama’s Latin American tour

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At the end of March, President Obama will make his first official visit to Latin America. Aleksander Aguilar looks at why he has chosen to visit Brazil, Chile and El Salvador.

Brazil: Belo Monte dam ruling reversed

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While the country was absorbed in the annual Carnival, construction work began on the controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric power station, after a higher court overruled an earlier judicial decision to halt the project on envrionmental and social grou

Brazil: tension in Sister Dorothy’s settlement

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Six years after Sister Dorothy Stang was murdered, settlers are once more being threatened by loggers near where she lived in the state of Pará.

South America threatened by fast glacier thaw

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The Andean glaciers are melting so rapidly that soon South America may be faced with millions of climate refugees, something that could destabilise the whole continent.

Uncontacted Amazon Indians: remarkable footage

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New photos obtained by Survival International show uncontacted Indians in extraordinary detail. The Indians are living in Brazil, near the Peruvian border.

Brazil: Social movements reject Belo Monte

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60 non-governmental organisations have attacked the partial go-head given to the Belo Monte hydroelectric power station by IBAMA, the federal government’s environmental agency.

Brazil’s MST demands land reform

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Activists from Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) are calling on the new President, Dilma Rousseff, to radically reform the country's old agrarian structures, which, they say, perpetuate inequality, injustice and violence.

Brazil: Recriminations have begun

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As the scale of the flood disaster in the state of Rio de Janeiro becomes apparent, Brazilians are asking why it is that the death toll in Brazil is so much higher than in Australia. Sue Branford reports.

Brazil: Dilma’s inauguration

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In her first speech as president, Dilma Rousseff delighted many Brazilians with her poise, flair and her determination to confront tricky issues, such as the position of women in Brazilian society.

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