President Lula visits Roraima after dispatching taskforce to assess health crisis caused by illegal miners. Sumaúma reveals 570 preventable infants deaths under Bolsonaro.
Figures obtained by SUMAÚMA show that during Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right government, the number of children under 5 years old who died from preventable causes increased 29% in Yanomami territory: 569 young indigenous children died in the last 4 years from diseases that are treatable
In the wake of the rampage by Bolsonaro supporters in Brasilia, SUMAÚMA examines why the new government’s focus on the rainforest and other biomes has spurred a violent and illegal backlash
President Lula and Minister of Justice suggest agribusinesses may have funded the insurrection. In testimonies to police, arrested coup-mongers reveal they received money from Bolsonaro supporters in Pará, Rondônia and Mato Grosso
When Bolsonaro leaves office on New Year’s Eve, the new president will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prevent the Amazon from slipping past the point of no return. Lula’s transition team has ambitious plans, but with more outside help SUMAÚMA believes they could and should go further
In an exclusive interview with SUMAÚMA, the Amazon born politician, elected as a congresswoman for the state of São Paulo on October 2, explains why, after a 14-year political separation from Lula, she decided to become one of his most important supporters, and to join a broad political alliance hoping to defeat Jair Bolsonaro next Sunday
After gains by Bolsonaro’s allies in the legislature and state governments, the only hope for the environment is for Lula to win the run-off for president
The death toll of Bolsonaro’s term must also include a holocaust of non-human life
Deliberate negligence by the Bolsonaro administration has left Brazil’s largest Indigenous territory vulnerable to invasion by twenty thousand illegal miners who are accused of raping women and the land.