Brazil’s Lula holds double-digit advantage over Bolsonaro: Poll
Former left-wing president has 46 percent support compared with 32 percent for incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, new survey finds.Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who…
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Bolsonaro gov’t threatening Brazilian democracy, jurists tell UN
Legal experts urge UN special rapporteur to visit Brazil to report on president’s attacks on Brazilian judicial bodies.Brazil’s democracy and the independence of its judiciary are…
Brazil’s Lula promises to stop illegal mining on Indigenous lands
Left-wing former leader backs Indigenous peoples opposed to President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to exploit the Amazon.Brazil’s former left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has…
Brazil sets ‘worrying’ new Amazon deforestation record
Brazilian Amazon sees 64 percent jump in deforestation in first three months of 2022 compared with a year earlier.Brazil has set a new grim record for Amazon deforestation during…
Brazilian officials resign en masse to boost President Bolsonaro
Ten members of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s cabinet have resigned from their positions, along with three other top officials, in a move designed to help boost the far-right…
Brazil’s ex-president Lula holds lead over Bolsonaro: Poll
Brazil’s former left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead over far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, a new poll has shown, as the political rivals are…
‘Absurd’: Brazil awards Bolsonaro ‘medal of Indigenous merit’
Indigenous leaders slam the award, saying Brazil’s president has promoted policies that threaten their communities.Brazil’s justice ministry has awarded President Jair Bolsonaro…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro pushes for more mining on Indigenous lands
Environmental groups warn that Bolsonaro is using the pretext of the Ukraine crisis to rush a bill that would allow mining.Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has pushed…