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Paramilitary gangs in Brazil torch more than 35 buses in Rio de Janeiro attacks
Criminals reportedly set fire to at least 36 buses, four lorries and a train, apparently in retaliation for the killing of a senior paramilitary leader by police.

Paramilitary gangs in Brazil torch more than 35 buses in Rio de Janeiro attacks Criminals reportedly set fire to at least 36 buses, four lorries and a train, apparently in retaliation for the killing of a senior paramilitary leader by police

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"Argentine minister’s surprise showing sets up presidential election run-off with right-wing populist"
With nearly all ballots counted early Monday, Massa had 36.7% of the vote and Milei had 30%, meaning the two will go to a Nov. 19 runoff. Most pre-election polls, which have been notoriously unreliable, had given Milei a slight lead over Massa. Former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, of the main center-right opposition coalition, got 23.8% to finish third in the field of five candidates.

Argentine minister's surprise showing sets up presidential election run-off with right-wing populist Argentina's economy minister has produced a big surprise by finishing first in the opening round of the presidential election over a front-running right-wing populist who wants to drastically diminish the government.

Drought turns Amazonian capital into climate dystopia
Forest fires leave Manaus with second worst air quality in the world, while low river levels cut off communities

Drought turns Amazonian capital into climate dystopia Forest fires leave Manaus with second worst air quality in the world, while low river levels cut off communities

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EBI-Team für Austausch in Brasilien Fünf Forschende des Erich-Brost-Instituts für internationalen Journalismus (EBI) und des Instituts für Journalistik (IJ) waren im September zu Gast in Brasilien, um aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse zu präsentieren und im Dialog mit brasilianischen Kolleg:innen zu diskutieren sowie die bestehende Ko...

Daniel Noboa elected Ecuador's youngest president

Daniel Noboa elected Ecuador's youngest president Mr Noboa will govern until May 2025 after beating Luisa González in the second round of voting.

Bolsonaro was engineer of ‘wilful coup attempt’, Brazil congress inquiry alleges
Congressional investigation into failed rightwing insurrection on 8 January calls for former president to be charged with four crimes

Bolsonaro was engineer of ‘wilful coup attempt’, Brazil congress inquiry alleges Congressional investigation into failed rightwing insurrection on 8 January calls for former president to be charged with four crimes

"Villa-Lobos: Suite Floresta do Amazonas review – a hymn to the abundance of the rainforest"
Villa-Lobos’s last major work is a vivid and exuberant evocation of the Amazon filled with moments of intense beauty.
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Villa-Lobos: Suite Floresta do Amazonas review | Andrew Clements’s classical album of the week Simone Menezes conducts a concert suite extracted from Villa-Lobos’s last major work: a vivid and exuberant evocation of the Amazon filled with moments of intense beauty

Sunday Terror!
Gangs of Rio de Janeiro robbing people in Copacabana.
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ARRASTÃO NO RJ | Mais de 80 pessoas foram detidas durante o fim de semana, mas apenas duas pessoas ficaram presas. A comerciante Lisandra Auí, que atua na região do Leme, disse para a reportagem da CBN que os bandidos passaram cedo pelas ruas já planejando como fariam os furtos. Apesar disso, ela disse que o policiamento era fortificado na região. Ouça a reportagem na íntegra e saiba mais. Disponível no site e app da CBN, além do link nos stories e na bio 🎧 📸 Reprodução / Redes Sociais #NoArNaCBN #arrastão #rj

Trial of Brazil’s alleged 8 January insurrectionists opens in supreme court
Judge condemns ‘dastardly putschist attack’ on Latin America’s largest democracy as first four Bolsonaro supporters go on trial

Trial of Brazil’s alleged 8 January insurrectionists opens in supreme court Judge condemns ‘dastardly putschist attack’ on Latin America’s largest democracy as first four Bolsonaro supporters go on trial

"Amazon’s emissions ‘doubled’ under first half of Bolsonaro presidency"
New study published in Nature says period was as destructive as record 2016 El Niño drought and heatwave
The research is based on vertical profile measurements of emissions from small planes at four sites in the Brazilian Amazon, taking CO2 readings from 500m to 4,500m.
“Agribusiness in Brazil is looking to the Amazon to turn the country into the farm for the world. This is a terrible plan, not only for Brazil but for the whole world. The Amazon is a buffer for climate change,” said Gatti, who is a member of the Science Panel for the Amazon, which is dedicated to the region’s conservation. The analysis does not include the second half of Bolsonaro’s presidency, which saw even higher deforestation rates and fires.

Amazon’s emissions ‘doubled’ under first half of Bolsonaro presidency New study published in Nature says period was as destructive as record 2016 El Niño drought and heatwave

Breaking News!
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated
Anti-corruption figure killed days before election amid sharp rise in violent and organised crime.

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated Anti-corruption figure killed days before election amid sharp rise in violent and organised crime

Could Brazil be...taking off...again?
"Investors are increasingly optimistic about Brazil’s economy"
An efficient finance minister and the favourable international backdrop are helping
Good article on Brazilian economy by the prestigious The Economist.

Investors are increasingly optimistic about Brazil’s economy An efficient finance minister and the favourable international backdrop are helping

"Brazil: descendants of Africans who escaped slavery gain census recognition"
Data counts 1.3m quilombola, historically excluded population whose communities were founded by fugitive enslaved people.
The census counted 1,327,802 quilombola people spread across Brazil, in both rural and urban settings. The majority (68.2%) live in the north-east, where 74.5% of the total population is black or mixed, compared with 56% nationally. About a third live in the Amazon, where they act as “invisible guardians of biodiversity”, according to Rodrigues, and face similar threats as the Indigenous population there.
Only 494 quilombo territories have some form of legal recognition, and an overwhelming 87.4% of quilombola people live outside of these. Just 4.3% live on quilombos which have been awarded a land title, the final stage in the official recognition process.
Érida Ferreira, 35, is among the majority of quilombolas still fighting for their right to their land. As president of the Ferreira Diniz quilombo association in Rio de Janeiro, she hopes the recognition awarded by the census will help to design public policies that protect her community. She said: “If they move us off our territory, they kill our culture […] And protecting, respecting, encouraging quilombola experiences is to keep Brazil’s

Brazil: descendants of Africans who escaped slavery gain census recognition Groundbreaking data counts 1.3m quilombola, historically excluded population whose communities were founded by fugitive enslaved people

Brazil says illegal miners driven from Indigenous territory, but ‘war’ not over
Country’s top cop said 90% of miners despoiling Yanomami land had been expelled, though experts say they are only displaced

Brazil says illegal miners driven from Indigenous territory, but ‘war’ not over Country’s top cop said 90% of miners despoiling Yanomami land had been expelled, though experts say they are only displaced

Mexico: body of missing journalist found in Nayarit state
La Jornada said the body of Luis Martín Sánchez Iñiguez was found on the outskirts of Tepic, capital of the coastal state.

Mexico: body of missing journalist found in Nayarit state La Jornada said the body of Luis Martín Sánchez Iñiguez was found on the outskirts of Tepic, capital of the coastal state

"Latin America University Rankings 2023: results announced"
Chile is poised to lead on internationalisation, thanks to national funding boost.
Brazil continues its streak of being the most-represented nation, with 65 institutions.
Chilean universities are on track to become the most internationally outward-looking institutions in the Latin American region...

Latin America University Rankings 2023: results announced Chile is poised to lead on internationalisation, thanks to national funding boost

"Brazil: all-female sambistas tackle sexism of male-dominated genre"
Groups such as Samba Que Elas Querem, whose rewrite of a samba classic prompted a legal tussle, are taking on the patriarchy

Brazil: all-female sambistas tackle sexism of male-dominated genre Groups such as Samba Que Elas Querem, whose rewrite of a samba classic prompted a legal tussle, are taking on the patriarchy

"Amazon plane crash children reunited with family after 40 days in jungle"
Relatives and Colombian president visit survivors in hospital, where grandfather says they are ‘shattered but in good hands’

Amazon plane crash children reunited with family after 40 days in jungle Relatives and Colombian president visit survivors in hospital, where grandfather says they are ‘shattered but in good hands’

"Amazon’s road to ruin: highway threatens heart of the rainforest"
Efforts to stop upgrade of BR-319 are faltering amid pressure from rightwing governors and senators

Amazon’s road to ruin: highway threatens heart of the rainforest Efforts to stop upgrade of BR-319 are faltering amid pressure from rightwing governors and senators

"Brazil police charge alleged mastermind behind murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira"
Alleged leader of ‘transnational criminal organisation’ and a supposed subordinate have been charged over the 2022 murders of journalist and Indigenous expert

Brazil police charge alleged mastermind behind murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira Alleged leader of ‘transnational criminal organisation’ and a supposed subordinate have been charged over the 2022 murders of journalist and Indigenous expert

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"Brazilian Amazon at risk of being taken over by mafia, ex-police chief warns"
Alexandre Saraiva gives alert on organised crime in region ahead of anniversary of killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
The alert came ahead of the first anniversary of the killings of the British journalist Dom Phillips and the Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, whose deaths exposed widespread environmental devastation and the growing reach of organised crime groups in the Amazon.

Lima warned that if nothing was done, “the military’s fear [of losing control of the Amazon] will become almost a self-fulfilling prophesy. We will effectively lose sovereignty over the region and the region will be consolidated as the main narco-trafficking smuggling route in Brazil and to Europe.”
“Organised crime is diversifying into other illegal activities that Brazilian society tends to see as lesser offences,” said Saraiva, who commanded Brazil’s largest ever seizure of illegal wood in 2020.
“The mafia goes wherever there’s money. It doesn’t care if it’s environmental crime, people smuggling, co***ne. And what they see there [in the Amazon] is gold and wood that’s being sold for a very high price. It’s obvious that it wouldn’t take them long to get involved in this.”

Brazilian Amazon at risk of being taken over by mafia, ex-police chief warns Alexandre Saraiva gives alert on organised crime in region ahead of anniversary of killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

CONGRATS AP NEWS !
"AP wins public service, photo Pulitzers for Ukraine coverage"
The Associated Press won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for its coverage of the war in Ukraine, earning recognition for its breaking news photography of the Russian invasion, as well as the prestigious public service award for its startling — and exclusive — dispatches from the besieged port city of Mariupol.
AP journalists were also finalists in two Pulitzer categories, for breaking news photography of Sri Lanka’s political crisis and for feature photography of the Ukraine war’s impact on older people.
For the public service award, the Pulitzer judges acknowledged AP — which had the only international journalists in Mariupol for nearly three weeks — for capturing notable images of an injured, pregnant woman being rushed to medical help and Russia firing on civilian targets.

AP wins public service, photo Pulitzers for Ukraine coverage The Associated Press has won two Pulitzer Prizes in the journalism categories of public service and breaking news photography for its coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The AP's coverage of the siege of Mariupol was credited with saving thousands of lives. AL.com, based in Birmingham, Alab...

"Could AI save the Amazon rainforest?
Conservationists in the Brazilian" Amazon are using a new tool to predict the next sites of deforestation – and it may prove a gamechanger in the war on logging
Destruction across the Brazilian Amazon is creeping close to an all-time high. According to SAD, Imazon’s Deforestation Alert System, deforestation this March tripled compared to the same month last year, and the first quarter of 2023 saw 867 sq km of rainforest destroyed – the second largest area felled in the past 16 years.

Could AI save the Amazon rainforest? Conservationists in the Brazilian Amazon are using a new tool to predict the next sites of deforestation – and it may prove a gamechanger in the war on logging

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"EU firms accused of ‘abhorrent’ export of banned pesticides to Brazil"
"BASF among firms selling chemicals to sugar industry despite links to human health risks"
Officials at DG Sante, the EU body responsible for regulating pesticides, said the export of banned pesticides would be phased out in line with the chemicals strategy for sustainability, although no timetable had been set for implementation.

EU firms accused of ‘abhorrent’ export of banned pesticides to Brazil BASF among firms selling chemicals to sugar industry despite links to human health risks

Global development
Brazil may sue VW amid claims firm used ‘slave labour’ under military rule
Prosecutors seek compensation for workers kept on cattle ranch owned by German carmaker during dictatorship from 1973 to 1987

Brazil may sue VW amid claims firm used ‘slave labour’ under military rule Prosecutors seek compensation for workers kept on cattle ranch owned by German carmaker during dictatorship from 1973 to 1987

Brazil in The New York Times.
"The Yankees Cap Goes Viral in Brazil: ‘Is It Basketball?’" https://nyti.ms/40p9Tua
More than any other sports paraphernalia, the Yankees cap has become its very own fashion trend, unmoored from the sport or the team it represents. Lifted by starring roles in hip-hop videos, celebrity endorsements and collaborations with Gucci and Supreme, the hat has gone fully global, crossing borders to lands where mentions of Babe Ruth and Aaron Judge will elicit blank stares — never mind trying to explain the “Evil Empire.”

The Yankees Cap Goes Viral in Brazil: ‘Is It Basketball?’ The New York Yankees logo is everywhere in Brazil. What it means, however, is up for interpretation.

The Amazon’s Largest Isolated Tribe Is Dying

The Amazon’s Largest Isolated Tribe Is Dying Illegal mines have fueled a humanitarian crisis for the Yanomami Indigenous group. Brazil’s new president is trying to fight back.

‘Brazil is back’: Lula to visit Xi as he resets diplomatic relations with China
Meeting is part of high-profile tour as Brazil’s president attempts to repair country’s reputation after the Bolsonaro era.

‘Brazil is back’: Lula to visit Xi as he resets diplomatic relations with China Meeting is part of high-profile tour as Brazil’s president attempts to repair country’s reputation after the Bolsonaro era

"Brazil looks to start-ups in battle to reforest the Amazon"
Companies are replanting millions of hectares and generating revenue through carbon credit sales

Brazil looks to start-ups in battle to reforest the Amazon Companies are replanting millions of hectares and generating revenue through carbon credit sales

"At least 15 dead after strong earthquake hits Ecuador and northern Peru"
Magnitude 6.8 quake shakes area 50 miles south of Ecuador’s second city, Guayaquil, with one death reported so far in Peru

At least 15 dead after strong earthquake hits Ecuador and northern Peru Magnitude 6.8 quake shakes area 50 miles south of Ecuador’s second city, Guayaquil, with one death reported so far in Peru

"The Last of Us" arrives in in Brazil?
"Parasitic fungus that infects and kills spiders discovered in Brazil"
Exclusive: rare purple organism preys on trapdoor spider in behaviour reminiscent of its ‘zombie’ relatives that feature in apocalyptic TV show The Last of Us.

Parasitic fungus that infects and kills spiders discovered in Brazil Exclusive: rare purple organism preys on trapdoor spider in behaviour reminiscent of its ‘zombie’ relatives that feature in apocalyptic TV show The Last of Us

"Record deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest shows challenge facing Lula"
Satellites show record destruction for the month of February as new government tries to undo damage wreaked under Bolsonaro

Record deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest shows challenge facing Lula Satellites show record destruction for the month of February as new government tries to undo damage wreaked under Bolsonaro

Dom Phillips’ widow to follow him in raising awareness of crisis in Amazon
Alessandra Sampaio preparing to visit remote area where husband and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered last year

Dom Phillips’ widow to follow him in raising awareness of crisis in Amazon Alessandra Sampaio preparing to visit remote area where husband and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered last year

"Crackdown on ‘birth tourism’ as pregnant Russians flock to Argentina"
South American country has seen rise since Ukraine invasion in Russian women arriving to have children and thus gain citizenship

Crackdown on ‘birth tourism’ as pregnant Russians flock to Argentina South American country has seen rise since Ukraine invasion in Russian women arriving to have children and thus gain citizenship

"Biden, Lula to put focus on democracy, climate during visit"
The leaders are expected to discuss efforts to safeguard democracy, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, insecurity in Haiti, migration and climate change, including efforts to stem deforestation of the Amazon, according to a senior Biden administration official who briefed reporters about the meeting on the condition of anonymity.
Lula told CNN on Friday that Brazil does not have a “culture of hate,” but certainly a sharp divide similar to that in the United States.
“Here there’s also a split that’s much more, or as serious, as in Brazil – Democrats and Republicans are very divided,” Lula said. “Love it or leave it, that’s more or less what’s going on.”

Biden, Lula to put focus on democracy, climate during visit WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva meet in Washington Friday, the leaders will share some awareness of what it’s like to walk in one another's shoes.

Brazil’s Lula Promised ‘More Books in Place of Guns.’ Can He Deliver?

Brazil’s Lula Promised ‘More Books in Place of Guns.’ Can He Deliver? In his first terms as president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expanded the scope of who could get published in the country, and who could access books. His return to the presidency comes with expectations, and hurdles.

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"Second spy balloon spotted over Latin America, says Pentagon, as Blinken postpones China trip"
Secretary of state calls the incident in US airspace a ‘clear violation of US sovereignty and international law.
“We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America,” Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder said, a day after the first craft was spotted over US skies. “We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon.”

Second spy balloon spotted over Latin America, says Pentagon, as Blinken postpones China trip Secretary of state calls the incident in US airspace a ‘clear violation of US sovereignty and international law’

"Brazil was asleep’: as the rains come, hope reawakens for the Amazon"
While the honeymoon mood created by the new government will run up against political reality, the euphoria is not blind

‘Brazil was asleep’: as the rains come, hope reawakens for the Amazon While the honeymoon mood created by the new government will run up against political reality, the euphoria is not blind

A Proud Ship Turned Into a Giant Recycling Problem. Brazil Plans to Sink It.

A Proud Ship Turned Into a Giant Recycling Problem. Brazil Plans to Sink It. The old aircraft carrier, once the navy’s flagship, is packed with asbestos. No country, including Brazil, will let it dock to be dismantled.