Brazil Elections

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Brazil Supreme Court judge says Lula deserves retrial

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice believes jailed ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva deserves a retrial after leaked social media conversations appeared to show the judge hearing Brazil's largest-ever corruption case collaborated with prosecutors.

Brazil police say found evidence of corruption related to speaker Maia

Brazil's Federal Police have found evidence of corruption and money laundering related to lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia, according to a police document seen by Reuters.

Brazil poll shows Bolsonaro government approval sinks

The approval rating of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's government has plunged to 29.4% in August from 38.9% in February, according to a poll published on Monday that showed a majority of Brazilians are unhappy with his performance.

Brazil spokesman says Bolsonaro may visit Amazon region this week

Brazil's spokesman said on Monday president Jair Bolsonaro may visit the Amazon region later this week to check on the efforts to reduce forest fires.

Brazil tells ambassadors no time off due to Amazon fires

Brazil's Foreign Ministry on Monday ordered its ambassadors in Europe and other G7 countries not to take vacation for the next two weeks in order to coordinate a diplomatic response to global concerns over the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.

Exclusive: Brazil facilitates deportation of its nationals after U.S. pressure

Brazil is making it easier for the United States to deport undocumented Brazilians by asking U.S. airlines to board deportees even when they have no valid passports, following pressure from the Trump administration, three Brazilian government sources said.

G7 offers emergency aid to fight Amazon forest fires

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Monday offered $20 million of emergency aid to help battle wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, a gesture Brazil slammed as colonialist.

G7 leaders near deal to provide $20 million to tackle Amazon fires

The leaders of the group of seven nations are close to agreeing a deal to provide $20 million in emergency help to stop the Amazon forest fires, a French presidential source said.

Canada says it will send water bombers to help fight Amazon fires

Canada will send water bombers to Brazil to help fight wildfires in the Amazon jungle and is also contributing C$15 million ($11.30 million) in aid, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday at the end of a Group of Seven summit in France.

Warplanes dump water on Amazon as Brazil military begins fighting fires
Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world's largest tropical rain forest.

Countries 'overreact' by linking rainforest fires to approval EU-Mercosur pact: Brazil minister

Countries like Ireland and France "overreact" when they link the recent fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest to the final approval of a trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur bloc, Brazil Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias told reporters on Monday.

Brazilian women must be ashamed of Bolsonaro for mocking my wife, says Macron

Brazilian women are probably ashamed of President Jair Bolsonaro, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, hitting back after the Brazilian leader mocked Macron's wife on Facebook.

The leaders have been feuding in recent weeks, with Macron blaming Bolsonaro for fires in the Amazon and accusing him of lying about climate change policy.

Bolsonaro responded on Sunday to a Facebook post that compared the looks of his wife Michelle, 37, with Macron’s 66-year-old wife Brigitte. “Do not humiliate the man hahahah,” Bolsonaro wrote, in a comment widely criticized as sexist.

Asked about the incident at a news conference in Biarritz where G7 leaders are gathered for a summit, Macron said the comments were “extremely disrespectful” to his wife.

“It’s sad, it’s sad first of all for him and for Brazilians,” Macron said. “Brazilian women are probably feeling ashamed of their president.”

“Since I have a lot of esteem and respect for the people of Brazil, I hope they will very soon have a president who is up to the job,” Macron added.

Later on Monday, Bolsonaro denounced Macron’s plan for an international alliance to protect the Amazon, saying on Twitter that it would treat Brazil like a colony.

Brazil was angered after Macron, in the run up to the G7 summit, tweeted a photo of the burning Amazon forest, writing: “Our house is burning. Literally.” Macron said he had been lied to by Bolsonaro over his commitments to fighting climate change.

In July, Bolsonaro canceled a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian - getting a haircut instead.

Since taking office in January, Bolsonaro has railed against the enforcement of environmental regulations in Brazil and announced intentions to develop the Amazon region, where deforestation of the world’s largest rainforest by loggers, ranchers and speculators has surged this year.

 

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G7 leaders near deal to provide $20 million to tackle Amazon fires

Brazil to reject G7 offer of aid to fight Amazon fires: G1

Brazil will reject an offer of at least $20 million from the Group of Seven wealthy nations to help fight the fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest, website G1 reported presidential chief of staff Onyx Lorenzoni as saying.

 

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The fires in Brazil are no more intense than normal. What seems to have spurred this global media attention is reaction to the 'apocalyptic' darkening of the sky over Sao Paulo on August 20th, when it became night-time dark three hours earlier than sundown.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1163526142088876038

Maybe smoke from forest fires was a factor, but was something else in play? It apparently rained black rain too...

The 'black-out' was caused by "the combination of wildfire smoke, dense rain clouds, and a cold front," says Accuweather. Maybe, but the combination of those 'normal' things produced a Sign of the Times!

 

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The fires in Brazil are no more intense than normal.

This table of data is interesting because it shows the outbreaks of fires by country of the Amazonia, this 2019 is not the worst, in fact, according to the table, the year 2003 (in total or other years just in Brasil) had been with more fires. --scrolling down in the link you can reach this graph and clik in "Tofos os anos"--all the years (graph since 1998)

What seems to have spurred this global media attention is reaction to the 'apocalyptic' darkening of the sky over Sao Paulo on August 20th, when it became night-time dark three hours earlier than sundown.

Something similar happend in Paraguay on 2009

Paraguay: the enigma of the black rain
In the city of Asunción, on April 4, there was a mysterious meteorological phenomenon: the sky darkened completely in the middle of the afternoon, while an intense black rain precipitated in abundance.

The unusual event caused panic among the inhabitants of the Paraguayan capital, who at first feared the worst: some came to imagine a nuclear holocaust and even an extraterrestrial invasion. However, it was nothing more than a very rare event, and without a doubt, very striking.

In almost all of Paraguay it was possible to observe, around three in the afternoon of April 4, a gigantic dark cloud preceded by a very intense wind, of more than 90 kilometers per hour, and a strong smell of ashes and soot. The video testimonials that we present here are more than obvious: in a matter of minutes, the cloud covered the sky of Asunción obstructing the sunlight and plunging the city into a dense gloom. Shortly after, an abundant rain broke out that left thick black puddles on the ground, which disturbed the Paraguayans about the surprise of the storm and its consequences

Once this rare event was over, the population regained its calm and began to look for the corresponding explanations. It is known that on certain occasions storm clouds accumulate a large amount of mineral particles or biological microorganisms that then precipitate along with the rain. In fact, on a previous occasion we mentioned here a similar phenomenon, the "rain of blood" that took place in Bogotá, Colombia, at the end of July 2008.

Once ruled out catastrophic speculations and conspiracy theories that often appear along with this kind of events, an investigation was launched to determine the causes of the phenomenon. The National Institute of Technology and Standardization (INTN) obtained black water samples for analysis. In the first place, the possibility that the particles of the black rain were formed by volcanic ashes from some of the eruptions of the Chilean volcanoes was rejected.

Richard Segovia, an INTN specialist, reported that the analyzed water had a neutral PH, and that in addition to abundant organic elements, small traces of sodium, sulfur and potassium were found. However, the institution is not in a position to carry out a deeper chemical analysis, since the agency lacks the necessary budget for this, according to Segovia to the ABC newspaper of Paraguay.

What could be determined with certainty is that the particles that gave that particular black color to the rains of April 4, came from the burning of grasslands in southern Brazil, northern Argentina and Paraguay itself. That further explains the characteristic burning smell that was felt strongly before, during and after the rare precipitation.

--using google traductor

https://youtu.be/1UDuzijkh7g

 

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I wanted to comment on this as well and you read my mind @mabar because I was thinking about the phenomenon you mentioned in Paraguay.

Being from South America, I know that wildfires a pretty common in the region during the months of August and September. These fires have something to do with people, because it's a dry season during which peasants traditionally clear out some land for agriculture or cattle breeding. Yet, the extension and intensity of these fires vary from year to year. What I noticed is that there is some sort of cycle that also determines the temperatures. For example, this year we've heard of record low temperatures during the coldest month (July) in the region, and when that happened, I remembered a year that was particularly cold and the winter was particularly long, with low temperatures lasting until August, which is typically a warm and dry month. If I remember correctly, wildfires were particularly intense in that year. We could see smoke in the city and there was some sort of national emergency due to these wildfires.

Now, this phenomenon in Sao Paulo was VERY strange indeed. And it was right as it has been reported, from what I can gather. I've been asking around and what the people I know report is that there was an unusual 'cold wave' just before this 'blackout' happened. This is interesting because 'cold waves' come from the south in South America, that means that the wind was coming from the south and the Amazonas fires are NORTH from Sao Paulo, which is why some meteorologists where saying that the 'smoke' there wasn't from the Amazonas but from the Paraguayan fires (yes, there are also lots of wildfires happening in Paraguay at the moment). Nevertheless, it seems rather unlikely that the fires from Paraguay alone could cause such a blackout, or so I think.

So, my conclusion so far is that the phenomenon wasn't caused by the wildfires alone and that it is indeed an interesting event that also reminded me of this one, in Siberia:

Sun disappears in Yakutia, Siberia, in bizarre repeat of last year's blackout

There was no trace of light until after 8am local time over the Verkhoyansk district in the north of Yakutia. Almost exactly a year ago - in July 2018 - there was another pitch black morning over three major areas of Yakutia, Eveno-Bytantaisky,...

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Also, some interesting 'side-events' happening in Brasil before and after:

August 19th - Bees dropping dead

More than half a billion bees dropped dead in Brazil within 3 months

More than half a billion bees dropped dead in Brazil within just three months, according to Bloomberg. Researchers say the main cause of death is pesticides, which could end up effecting more than the bees. As some of the most integral...

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It could be related to the use of pesticides, which is a real problem in the region. But I thought I'd mention this just in case because there was a also a strange event regarding bees in Brazil:

August 18th - A terrifying "bee invasion" forces a delay in a match in Brazil

Una aterradora "invasión de abejas" obliga a retrasar un partido en Brasil

Un curioso hecho sucedió en el duelo que diputaron el Inter de Porto Alegre y Fortaleza, válido por la Serie A del Brasileirao. El encuentro debió ser retrasado por al rededor de 20 minutos y la razón fue la aterradora invasión de abejas al...

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Maybe it isn't related... I don't know.

This one is also interesting:

August 21st - A strange phenomenon in the sky that could possibly be related to 'plasma' (?)

Plasma event? Bizarre angel-like atmospheric phenomenon captured over Brazil

The massive shining figure was recorded soaring in a cloudy sky, changing direction but retaining its bizarre shape. It is unclear whether the filmed object is an energy source or a remarkable light refraction. A strange and unique atmospheric...

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Fwiw...

 

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I don't know if this might factor in with the dark clouds and dirty black rain but this is a cross-post that mrtn entered into the Volcano thread. The stratosphere might be loaded with volcanic ash and it's working it's way down into the jet stream and seeding the clouds with particles that mix with the rain?

Spaceweather.com Time Machine

WHY ARE SUNSETS TURNING PURPLE? Every year, on average, about 60 volcanoes erupt somewhere on Earth, shooting ashy plumes of sulfurous gas thousands of feet into the air. Rarely do those plumes make it all the way up to the stratosphere. This summer, however, two volcanoes have done it. The Raikoke volcano in the Kirul Islands (June 22nd) and the Ulawun volcano in New Guinea (Aug. 3rd) both punched through to the stratosphere, sending material as high as 60,000 ft. The action of these two volcanoes may explain why many sky watchers are starting to notice purple sunsets.

 

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Bolsonaro has decided to accept help for the Amozon fires:

Brazil says open to aid for Amazon fires, but will decide how it's used

Brazil said on Tuesday it was ready to accept foreign aid to help fight fires in the Amazon but only if it could determine how it was spent, in an apparent attempt to smooth over a public spat between the Brazilian and French presidents.

Amazon fires scorch Bolsonaro's reputation abroad, but not in Brazil

President Jair Bolsonaro has drawn sharp criticism on the international stage from European leaders and environmental groups for his handling of wildfires raging in the Amazon, but at home few Brazilians are angered by his reluctant response.

Brazil looks to neighbors for Amazon support, defends record

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he would meet with other South American countries to set common policy for defending the Amazon rain forest, while his foreign minister told Reuters the nation should be seen as an environmental hero.

Brazilians support Bolsonaro after Macron's 'offense': minister

French President Emmanuel Macron offended his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's foreign minister told Reuters on Wednesday, adding he believed Brazilians support their far-right leader in his spat with Paris.

Corporate fallout for Brazil heats up despite signs Amazon fires may be slowing

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest have receded slightly since President Jair Bolsonaro sent in the military to help battle the blazes, but international fallout accelerated as a major shoemaker said it would not buy supplies from Brazil.

 

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Brazil's Bolsonaro to undergo surgery next week, his third after stabbing attack

September 1, 2019 - Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who was stabbed in the abdomen at a campaign rally a year ago, will undergo surgery next week, his third surgical procedure since the attack although doctors say this one carries only a minor risk.

Bolsonaro, a former Army Captain, will spend about 10 days recuperating after the procedure, he said on Twitter. The surgery will treat a hernia that developed following his previous surgeries, said Leandro Echenique, one of the president’s doctors.

"It is common for a hernia to develop where you have had abdominal surgery", Echenique said. “This is a surgical correction ... the president is doing very well health-wise.”

Adélio Bispo de Oliveira, the man accused by prosecutors of stabbing Bolsonaro last September, was acquitted in June after a judge decided that he was mentally unfit.

 

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Lula Tells the World He’s “Back in the Game” from Jail

August 28 ,2019 - Pepe Escobar

Brazil has always been a land of superlatives. Yet nothing beats the current, perverse configuration: a world statesman lingers in jail while a clownish thug is in power, his antics now considered a threat to the whole planet.

In a wide-ranging, two-hour, world exclusive interview out of a prison room at the Federal Police building in Curitiba, southern Brazil, former president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva not only made the case to global public opinion for his innocence in the whole Car Wash corruption saga, confirmed by the bombshell leaks revealed by The Intercept, but also repositioned himself to resume his status as a global leader. Arguably sooner rather than later – depending on a fateful, upcoming decision by the Brazilian Supreme Court, for which Justice is not exactly blind.

The request for the interview was entered five months ago. Lula talked to journalists Mauro Lopes, Paulo Moreira Leite and myself, representing in all three cases the website Brasil247 and in my case Asia Times. A rough cut, with only one camera focusing on Lula, was released this past Thursday, the day of the interview. A full, edited version, with English subtitles, targeting global public opinion, should be released by the end of the week.

Lula is a visible embodiment of Nietzsche’s maxim: whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Fully fit (he hits the treadmill at least two hours a day), sharp, with plenty of time to read (his most recent was an essay on Alexander von Humboldt), he exhibited his trademark breadth, reach and command of multiple issues – sometimes rolled out as if part of a Garcia Marquez fantastic realism narrative.

The former president lives in a three-by-three-meter cell, with no bars, with the door open but always two Federal policemen outside, with no access to the internet or cable TV. On of his aides dutifully brings him a pen drive every day crammed with political news, and departs with myriad messages and letters.

The interview is even more astonishing when placed in the literally incendiary context of current Brazilian politics, actively flirting with a hybrid form of semi-dictatorship. While Lula talks essentials and is clearly recovering his voice, even in jail, President Jair Bolsonaro has framed himself as a target of global indignation, widely regarded as a threat to humanity that must be contained.
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Exclusivo: Entrevista de Lula à TV 247

Premiered Aug 22, 2019 (2:10:46 min.)

 

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The request for the interview was entered five months ago. Lula talked to journalists Mauro Lopes, Paulo Moreira Leite and myself, representing in all three cases the website Brasil247 and in my case Asia Times. A rough cut, with only one camera focusing on Lula, was released this past Thursday, the day of the interview. A full, edited version, with English subtitles, targeting global public opinion, should be released by the end of the week.

Pepe Escobar interviews jailed former president of Brazil Lula -- Sott.net

Published on Aug 31, 2019 (1:14:58 min.)


Disapproval of Bolsonaro presidency jumps after Amazon crisis: poll

Brazilians saying that President Jair Bolsonaro is doing a "bad or terrible" job rose to 38% from 33% previously, following global outcry over the government's handling of record fires in the Amazon rainforest.

Killings, threats and delays disenchant Colombia's ex-FARC

Ricardo Bolanos lays out a camouflage vest, a small battery radio and old rubber boots on his bed, cherished relics from his 45 years as a FARC guerrilla fighter.

Colombia's fight against rebels would be easier without Maduro: minister

There is "no doubt" it would be easier to combat Colombia's rebel groups if Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro were no longer in power, Colombia's foreign minister said, amid accusations that Caracas is providing the groups with shelter.

 

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Bolsonaro has decided to accept help for the Amozon fires:

Brazil says open to aid for Amazon fires, but will decide how it's used

Brazil said on Tuesday it was ready to accept foreign aid to help fight fires in the Amazon but only if it could determine how it was spent, in an apparent attempt to smooth over a public spat between the Brazilian and French presidents.

Now he decides he'll accept help, after the fires have been raging for over a month...

 

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Hidden Plot
Exclusive: Brazil’s Top Prosecutors Who Indicted Lula Schemed in Secret Messages to Prevent His Party From Winning 2018 Election
Glenn Greenwald, Victor Pougy

Brazil 'Car Wash' corruption probe facing 'worst moment' as establishment fights back

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a sign that reads "Car Wash is fraud, Free Lula" during a protest against Brazil's Justice Minister Sergio Moro in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo

BRASILIA Sept. 4, 2019 - Brazil’s biggest-ever corruption investigation, which jailed dozens including a former president, has been threatened over the past week by a Supreme Court ruling and push back from politicians seeking to curb investigative powers.

For the first time, Justices of the top Court have annulled a corruption conviction by the Judge who oversaw the probe, current Justice Minister Sergio Moro, setting a precedent that prosecutors fear could undo up to 143 other convictions.

Investigators in the probe known as Operation Car Wash are already on the defensive, after leaked messages appeared to show Moro collaborating with prosecutors on their case against jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula’s lawyers and supporters are demanding a retrial, while Moro has denied any wrongdoing.

“There’s no doubt this is Car Wash’s worst moment,” said former lead prosecutor Carlos Fernando dos Santos Lima, now retired, in an interview with Reuters this week.

“The operation is strong enough to resist because we still have the support of a majority of Brazilians, but we are being besieged from all sides of the political system,” he added.

After five years of convictions and confessions, plus Billions of dollars in recovered bribes, there is no doubt that the probe has made a lasting impact. Its findings spurred a wave of other investigations around Brazil and Latin America, taking down presidents and rattling global firms in sectors from oil trading to medical equipment.

But the Car Wash team itself, which for years had Brasilia holding its breath as it brought down a string of business leaders and power brokers, has lost its aura of invincibility.

In a landmark decision last week, the Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Aldemir Bendine, a former president of state-run oil company Petrobras. A majority of justices found he should have had a chance to make a closing argument after hearing accusations against him from plea-bargain testimony.

Others convicted in the Car Wash probe have begun to file appeals before the Supreme Court with the same argument.

Lula’s lawyer Cristiano Zanin Martins said the court ruling and Moro’s exchanges with prosecutors leaked by The Intercept news site have given the Supreme Court the opportunity to remedy what he called a “scenario of abuses” committed by the Car Wash team against the former president.

“The messages made public by The Intercept and other media outlets show that Sergio Moro instructed and guided all the prosecutors,” Martins told Reuters.

Moro declined to comment for this story. He and lead Car Wash prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol have said they see nothing inappropriate in the published messages.

Moro has come under criticism for joining the cabinet of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who was elected last October after the bribery conviction barred Lula - still one of Brazil’s most popular politicians - from running in the election.

The former president is serving a nearly nine-year sentence for receiving a beachside apartment from an engineering company, and is appealing another conviction that found he was given a country home in return for lucrative government contracts.

POLITICIANS PUSH BACK
In Moro’s new role in Brasilia, he has also struggled with resistance from the political class that was threatened for years by his anti-graft crusade.

Moro has asked Bolsonaro to veto parts of a bill passed by Congress that would curb the powers of prosecutors to probe suspects. Meanwhile, Moro’s anti-crime package, an attempt to deliver on Bolsonaro’s law-and-order campaign vows, is stalled in Congress.

But the Car Wash investigators say they are not done yet. Brazil’s top public prosecutor Raquel Dodge last month extended for another year the Car Wash investigative task force that includes 15 prosecutors and an additional staff of 30.

From 2014 to July, Car Wash had brought 101 indictments against 445 people on charges from bribery and money laundering to obstruction of justice, winning 158 convictions so far in 50 trials. The investigation has recovered 14 billion reais ($3.4 billion) of public money, including 3 billion reais returned to Petrobras from kickbacks skimmed off overpriced contracts.

“We still have a lot of work. I don’t think we are even half way done. At each turn, a stream of new people appear involved in graft schemes,” said Car Wash prosecutor Marcelo Ribeiro.

“It seems there is no end to it. Some people might wish Car Wash to end, but that is the reality,” he said.

Brazil's Bolsonaro irks Chile with personal attack on U.N.'s Bachelet

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro caused friction with regional ally Chile on Wednesday when he accused its former leader Michelle Bachelet of meddling in Brazil's affairs by criticizing rising police violence and erosions of democracy.

Brazil Senate committee approves pension system overhaul

Brazil's Senate constitutional affairs committee on Wednesday approved by a vote of 18-7 a bill that would overhaul the social security system and save the federal government about 1 trillion reais ($243 billion) over the next decade.

 

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Brazil to hire short-term environmental enforcers following Amazon fires

Brazil doesn't have the funding to hire more permanent environmental enforcement agents in the wake of surging Amazon fires but will contract local environmental police on a short-term basis, Environment Minister Ricardo Salles told Reuters on Friday.

Brazil deforestation rises in August, adding to Amazon fire worries

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose for the fourth straight month in August from a year earlier, according to preliminary government data released on Friday, adding to concerns over fires already ravaging the region.

Deforestation must be seen as global threat: pope in Madagascar

Pope Francis said on Saturday rapid deforestation and reduction in biodiversity in individual countries should not be treated as local issues since they threaten the future of the whole planet.

Amazon countries sign forest pact, promising to coordinate disaster response

Seven Amazonian countries on Friday signed a pact to protect the world's largest tropical forest via disaster response coordination and satellite monitoring, amid recent fires that torched thousands of square miles of the jungle.

 

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Brazil's Bolsonaro recovering from surgery to treat year-old stab wound

Vice President Hamilton Mourão will be Brazil's acting president through Thursday while President Jair Bolsonaro recovers from abdominal surgery resulting from his stabbing at a political rally last year, his spokesman said on Sunday.

Brazil's Bolsonaro says back to work on Tuesday after surgery

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday in a video from his hospital bed that he will back on the job on Tuesday, two days after having a hernia operation.

Brazil indigenous agency worker killed in remote Amazon town
SAO PAULO - September 8, 2019 - Indigenist Maxciel Pereira dos Santos was murdered execution-style before members of his family in the Amazon town of Tabatinga, according to INA, a union group representing workers at Brazil’s indigenous protection agency FUNAI, on Sunday.

Santos was shot twice in the head on Friday as he rode a motorbike down a main street of Tabatinga, located deep in the Amazon rainforest on Brazil’s border with Colombia and Peru, the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper reported.

In a statement, INA cited evidence that his murder occurred in retaliation for Santos’ role in combating illegal invasions by hunters, loggers and gold miners in the Vale do Javari reservation, home to the world’s highest concentration of uncontacted indigenous tribes.

Folha de S.Paulo said police were investigating whether Santos’ death was related to his work at FUNAI but did not have enough information to determine the motivation behind the crime.

Santos served more than 12 years at FUNAI, including five as chief of environment services at the Vale do Javari reservation, INA said.

Funai has three bases in the Vale do Javari to protect an area the size of Austria with some 6,000 residents from eight tribes, and some 16 uncontacted tribes.

INA called on authorities to demonstrate Brazil “no longer condones violence against those who engage, under the rule of law, in the protection and promotion of indigenous rights.” It also urged authorities to protect agents who protect indigenous lands.

 

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Brazil's Bolsonaro to spend four more days recovering after surgery

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who recently underwent surgery to treat complications from a stab wound, will spend four more days recovering on the advice of his medical team, the president's spokesman said on Thursday.

Brazil's Bolsonaro to rest four more days after surgery
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who recently underwent surgery to treat complications from a stab wound, will spend four more days recovering on the advice of his medical team, the president's spokesman said on Thursday.

Another of Brazil president's sons facing civil, criminal probe: prosecutors

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's son Carlos is under investigation by the Rio de Janeiro state prosecutor's office, it said on Wednesday, making him the second of the far-right leader's sons to be probed by state investigators.

Brazil Supreme Court chief says money laundering unit overreached

The Brazilian body that monitors money laundering overreached by acting without judicial approval when it uncovered suspicious deposits in the account of the son of President Jair Bolsonaro, the head of the country's Supreme Court told Reuters.