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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is proposing a bill that would open up indigenous land to mining, agriculture and energy projects. It is yet to receive congressional approval, but has drawn criticism from environmentalists and indigenous groups. They say it could wipe out their communities and speed up deforestation. Al Jazeera's…

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signed into law quarantine rules for Brazilians who will be brought back from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak, the Official Gazette said on Friday. Two Brazilian…

Working on tourism projects in Brazil could help alleviate poverty and reduce destruction of the rainforests, according to BIG partner Kai-Uwe Bergmann.Bergmann added that the firm does not condone the policies of the country's controversial president Jair Bolsonaro.Responding to criticism of BIG founder Bjarke Ingels' recent meeting with Bolsonaro, Bergmann…

When Roberto Alvim was hired by President Jair Bolsonaro as Brazils Special Secretary of Culture in November 2019, Bolsonaro asked him to create a culture that did not destroy, but rather saved Brazilian youth.  In a speech he published on social media on Ja…

Image copyrightThaïs BorgesImage caption Autazes is known as the "land of milk and potassium" but plans for a giant potash mine are proving controversial As Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro seeks to authorise mining in indigenous reserves, a con…

New Delhi (AFP) - Huge crowds gathered for India's Republic Day parade Sunday, with women taking centre-stage at the annual pomp-filled spectacle of military might featuring army tanks, horses and camels.For the first time, the riders performing daredevil stunts on motorbikes to the delight of the crowds lining New Delhi's…

Bjarke Ingels' Statement on his Meeting with President Jair Bolsonaro © TED After the great repercussions of Bjarke Ingels' meeting with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro last week, the Danish architect released a statement on why he came to Brazil. The meeting also brought together a delegation from the Be-Nômade group,…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The killing of an eight-year-old girl during a police operation last year sparked outrage The number of police killings in Rio de Janeiro reached a record high last year, officials say, amid controversial hardline m…

On Tuesday, Brazilian prosecutors charged the journalist Glenn Greenwald with “cybercrimes” as part of what the government claims was his role in a “criminal organization.” They allege that Greenwald—who reported on wrongdoing in Brazil’s judicial establishment last year for the Intercept, the Web site he co-founded—participated in the hacking of…

Last June Glenn Greenwald and The Intercept published and reported on a massive trove of explosive leaks that revealed that top prosecutors and the judge who eventually became the justice minister of Brazil conspired to rig the corruption trial of the beloved and incredibly popular leader Lula, sending him to…