‘We run the risk of burning to death, of dying of hunger or thirst’
Indigenous leader Mara Xavante relates how the flames threatened her village in Mato Grosso, a state that suffered 19,964 fires in September
Far right gains in the Amazon: why do Nature’s destroyers win elections?
Militarism, agribusiness, evangelical Christianity, and links to criminal factions - SUMAÚMA examined why predatory political forces are consolidating their power ahead of the 2026 presidential race
Far-right election rivals vie for power in ‘agro-suicide’ centre of Sinop
Amid drought-dust and fire-smoke, the municipal campaign in this dictatorship-created city only has two candidates, and both are connected to anti-democratic, pro-Bolsonaro groups
Playing with fire: The burning passion between politicians and agribusiness lobbyists
The Pensar Agropecuária Institute is a campaigning machine financed by industry trade groups who influence legislators to destroy protections for nature
‘An ecological civilization will have to be socialist’
A critic of the consumption of resources that produce no common good, such as military spending and advertising, Canadian activist Ian Angus wants an economy that is organized to meet social needs rather than private profit
Do you realize they’re killing you?
Either we halt destruction or we’ll see a lot more blood, pain, death, and maybe extinction
