There is no ‘morality agenda’ versus ‘economic agenda’; just one same policy meant to control and destroy rebellious bodies

As Rio Grande do Sul faces up to gigantic clean-up costs, it should look at the example just set in Vermont which has passed a new law to make oil firms responsible for damages caused by floods and other manifestations of global heating

The devastating floods in southern Brazil are a taste of the ever-worsening chaos to come and a reminder of why governments must protect those who protect the forest and other pillars of climate stability

It has never been more important to speak out against injustice and the threats to the Forest and its people

2,202 days after the fact, we finally learn the councilwoman was assassinated for the same reason as the martyrs of the Amazon

For more than 20 years, traditional forest communities and residents of extractive reserves in the Amazon have fought for the right to a decent education, but politicians and government agencies have paid little heed

For more than 20 years, traditional forest communities and residents of extractive reserves in the Amazon have fought for the right to a decent education, but politicians and government agencies have paid little heed

In answer to the government’s call almost one century ago, their ancestors came to the rainforest, where they made their homes, married Indigenous women, and raised families, but today a negligent State treats them like invading land grabbers. Joelmir Silva, a member of this traditional forest community, did an investigative report to bring these people out of their invisibility

River-journalist Sara Lima uses her deep knowledge of the Xingu to imagine how water-dwellers suffer from the hydroelectric dam that is choking the Volta Grande region. The story is told in graphic form through a character, Pacu Seringa, who represents life on the river.

As a police net closes in on the former president, candidates are jostling to secure his endorsement by downplaying last year’s attempted coup