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Demands for UN Secretary General to censure Bolsonaro over Amazon Fires and Human Rights
A broad coalition of civil society organizations demand that the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres censure Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the General Assembly over …
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Rondonization: World Bank, Dictatorship and the Amazon
The development philosophy behind the fires in the Amazon is based on the World Bank funded, Dictatorship era Polonoroeste project, which killed thousands and …
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Alcântara Base: US deal a threat to Sovereignty and Quilombo communities
The Alcântara Accord Would Sacrifice Brazil’s Sovereignty, Development, and the Rights of its Quilombo Residents. By Sean T. Mitchell On August 20, Brazil’s House …
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How to navigate Anglo media’s Amazon doublespeak
By Brian Mier I spent last week in the Brazilian Amazon in Porto Velho, Rondonia, on the edge of what is called the arco do …
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A Plea for the Protection of Science in Brazil
From Science without Borders Fellows September 05, 2019 We, fellows of the Science without Borders Program, join forces with the Brazilian and international academic …
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Brazilian Academics: 2019 Amazon fires are not “normal”
A group of Brazilian academics based in Sweden debunk media and governmental claims that the 2019 Amazonian fires are a “normal” seasonal event. Brazil …
The Amazon’s Neocolonial Problem
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Workers Party President Gleisi Hoffman attacks Bolsonaro over Amazon
“While Lula and Dilma defended national sovereignty, Bolsonaro encourages deforestation and burning” – Gleisi Hoffman, President Workers Party (PT) Ladies and gentlemen who accompany …
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Amazon in flames: on the ground in Porto Velho
By Brian Mier I arrived in Porto Velho yesterday and could see plumes of smoke billowing in the distance as the plane descended into …
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The day the sky went out
On Monday afternoon a giant smoke cloud emanating from burning rainforest over 1000 kilometers away engulfed São Paulo in darkness. By Brian Mier On …
