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Folha talked to 12 agribusiness leaders and found support for Bolsonaro still strong. Reasons include freeing up gun laws and support for exploiting protected Amazon areas including Indigenous reserves. Read destroying native forests for monoculture. folha.uol.com.br/mercado/202…
I can summarize the collective response to my story last week as "WTF?" Brazil's Bolsonaro bolstered the environmental fines system, a move that could help protect the Amazon. It can be hard to understand what the govt is doing. Here's a 🧵w/ some context reuters.com/business/healthc…
93 people have died in the floods in the NE state of Pernambuco. This is a devastating account of survivors in Jardim Monte Verde, on edge of Recife, from Folha.
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Murder, mercury poisoning and deforestation: the Yanomami people are bearing the brunt of illegal gold mining, which imperils the whole planet in order to enrich a tiny few
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"These catastrophes happen in a continent-sized country," said Bolsonaro.
"Experts say climate change contributes to more intense rainfall, and the IPCC has classified Recife’s metropolitan region as one of the world’s most vulnerable cities." AP
Authorities in northeastern Brazil’s Pernambuco state said Monday that 91 deaths have been confirmed from flooding over the weekend, with more two dozen people still missing.
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Brazil once wiped away preventable diseases. Why are they coming back?
"Between 2018 and 2021, vaccine coverage among the general population for tuberculosis, polio, measles, mumps and rubella dropped between 20 and 30 percent across Brazil."
Al Jazeera
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Around 36% of Brazilians don't have enough money to eat 3 meals a day. Just one of the many sobering revelations in this thorough @BrazilianReport piece on hunger, which has a real national spread.
Oh, and they lifted the paywall.
brazilian.report/society/202…
O Globo on how much money Bolsonarista militants make spreading fake news and conspiracy theories about the Brazilian election system. This is how it works.
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"There you have the ethos of Downing Street under the sordid stewardship of Mr Johnson. See what you can get away with. His life motto turned into the degenerate creed of Number 10."
Brazilian Vinícius Jr., from São Gonçalo near Rio, wins European Championship for Real Madrid with goal against Liverpool.
theguardian.com/football/202…
‘Music is my journey’: Brazil’s Milton Nascimento bids farewell to the stage. His falsetto has been called ‘the voice of God’ and, now 79, Nascimento reflects on Bolsonaro, Ray Charles and an extraordinary life.
Lovely piece by @tomphillipsin & @caio_theguardian.com/music/2022/m…