8 de janeiro de 2023

Amnesty must not be weaponised against indigenous peoples

The imposition of a historic cut-off point for land demarcation is the latest attempt to forgive and forget Brazil’s dictatorship-era crimes. As the Supreme Court reviews the Amnesty Law, it should re-open egregious cases and send a signal to the far right that coups and violence will not go unpunished

The motley crew auditioning to be the next Bolsonaro

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

Democracy must not be color blind or gender ignorant

In his choice of a new supreme court justice, the president still has a chance to ‘fulfill the interests and expectations’ of a Brazil crying out for equality

SUMAÚMA – the year in images

On the one-year anniversary of our Amazon-centred news community, our co-founder Jonathan Watts shares some of his favourite images from a year of enormous - and mostly positive change - that you dear readers helped to make possible

No amnesty for Bolsonaro and his terrorists

To understand why coup-mongers are afraid of Lula 3, look at the Amazon

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

Police probe links between Amazon destroyers and insurrectionists

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

No amnesty for Bolsonaro and his terrorists

Even though the coup was not consummated, once again the right-wing extremists succeeded in delaying urgently-needed actions and debates in Brazil. The situation in the Amazon worsens everyday. In a statement, Lula suggested that the destroyers of the forest are involved in the January 8 coup attempt