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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s federal police on Friday alleged former President Jair Bolsonaro received cash from the nearly $70,000 sale of two luxury watches he received as gifts from Saudi Arabia while in office, posing another potential blow for the embattled far-right leader. Earlier in the day, officers raided…

After 4 years of regression in Brazil’s environmental policies, the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been trying to resume an environmental agenda (1). However, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies—led by Arthur Lira, a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro (2)—has recently approved a provisional measure (MP)…

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro prepares to speak to the press at a restaurant in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, June 30, 2023. Photo / AP Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is fading from the spotlight, showing the courts’ power over the electoral system and the political shortcomings of the increasingly powerless…

Updated 3 weeks ago · Published on 22 Jul 2023 7:50AM · Brazil’s leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signs a decree to limit civilian access to firearms, seeking to undo a boom of gun ownership under his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. – EPA pic, July 22, 2023. BRAZIL’S…

A study found a 129% increase in deforestation within Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon between 2013 and 2021.As a result, an estimated 96 million metric tons of carbon was released in the atmosphere during that period.Researchers attribute the trend to illegal extractive activities, cattle ranching and land grabbing by…

Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is gone but agribusiness and congress are still a threat to Brazil’s indigenous communities The world watched in despair at the environmental damage President Jair Bolsonaro’s government wrought during his four years as presdident of Brazil. Its crimes attracted global attention: from dismantling policies to protect the natural…

In the first six months of his term, Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has somewhat succeeding in curbing the damage his successor Jair Bolsonaro, the so-called Trump of the Tropics, did to the Amazon rainforest. Deforestation in the area dropped by 33.6%, satellite images showed. Quartz Smart Investing…

Capobianco noted that full-year results will depend on a few challenging months ahead. Still, the data is an encouraging sign for Lula, who campaigned last year with pledges to rein in illegal logging and undo the environmental devastation during Bolsonaro’s term. The former far-right leader weakened environmental authorities while his insistence on…

The rate of deforestation since Lula Ignacio de Silva was sworn in as Brazil's president has dropped by 34%. Protecting the Amazon had been one of his campaign promises. After four years of rising destruction in Brazil’s Amazon, deforestation dropped by 33.6% during the first six months of President Luiz…

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been barred from running for office again until 2030. A panel of judges concluded that he had abused his power in calling into question the country's electronic voting system. Five judges in the country's highest electoral court stated that Bolsonaro had used government communication…