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Brazil under Bolsonaro

Global Politics
Bolsonaro trial nears verdict in Brazil coup plot case
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Leonardo de Carvalho Leal and Mayara Stelle administer the Twitter account Sleeping Giants Brazil, a platform for activism whose stated mission is to attack the financing of hate speech and dissemination of fake news, Dec. 11, 2020.
Free speech
Will Brazil’s ‘Fake News Bill’ regulate disinformation or stifle free speech?
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrates with his wife Rosangela Silvaand running mate Geraldo Alckmin after defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a presidential run-off to become the country's next president, in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Elections
Brazil’s Lula to reclaim presidency after beating Bolsonaro
Children play in a flooded area of Leticia, Colombia, Feb. 14, 2017, located by the Amazon River, on the border with Brazil and Peru.
Environment
Brazil’s neighbors wary of environmental impact of a Bolsonaro victory
A demonstrator dressed in the colors of the Brazilian flag performs in front of a street vendor's towels for sale featuring Brazilian presidential candidates, current President Jair Bolsonaro, center, and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Bra
Lula battles Bolsonaro for chance to defend the poor again in Brazil
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro wave Brazilian flags during a motorcycle campaign rally in Pocos de Caldas, Brazil
Elections
Tense atmosphere as voters head to the polls in Brazil’s most diverse elections ever
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks during his announcement of his candidacy for the country’s upcoming presidential election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, May 7, 2022.
Brazil under Bolsonaro
Brazil’s Lula makes a comeback on a campaign to defend democracy
A friend of 24 year-old Congolese immigrant Moïse Mugenyi Kabagambe, holds up a sign during a protest to demand justice for his violent death, at Barra da Tijuca beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022.
Justice
‘African. Worker. Killed’: Thousands demand justice for killing of Congolese refugee in Brazil 
A health worker gives a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to 8-year-old Indigenous youth Davi Seremramiwe Xavante at the Hospital da Clinicas in São Paulo, Brazil, Jan. 14, 2022. 
COVID-19
Omicron hits Indigenous communities in Brazil as fake news and denialism undermine vaccination efforts
Christians raise their hands in praise during an International Grace of God Church event led by televangelist R.R. Soares, with President Jair Bolsonaro in attendance, at Botafogo beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. 
Religion
Progressive evangelicals in Brazil wage a battle ‘against Bolsonaroism’ ahead of elections
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, right, greets his new Justice Minister Andre Mendonça during his swearing-in ceremony at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. 
Justice
Evangelicals in Brazil ‘have taken power’ with latest Supreme Court justice appointee
Palestinian laborers work building new houses in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Bruchin near the Palestinian town of Nablus
Top of The World
Israel approves nearly 3,000 new Jewish settlement homes in the West Bank
Senators Omar Aziz, sitting left, and Eduardo Braga, right, read a part of a report by a Senate commission that investigated the government's management of the COVID-19 pandemic at the Federal Senate in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021.
Brazil under Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro accused of crimes against humanity over negligent COVID response 
Abdul Salam Hanafi, a deputy prime minister in the Taliban's interim government, left, speaks with acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Taliban official Amir Khan Muttaqi during talks involving Afghan representatives in Moscow, Russia
Top of The World
Russia hosts multinational talks on Afghanistan
Lady Laurentino, 74, poses for a photo next to a wood fire she uses to cook near the door of her home in the Jardim Gramacho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 4, 2021. With the surge in cooking gas prices, Laurentino says she is cooking with wood bec
Justice
Analysts: ‘Pandora Papers’ revelations will make Brazil’s already precarious economy even more unstable
Vials of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in Jackson, Miss.
Top of The World
Moderna to build manufacturing plant in Africa
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro stands in front of a US flag during a news conference at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020.
Brazil under Bolsonaro
Behind in polls, Bolsonaro bolsters his base with far-right rhetoric from the US
People wear masks of Paulo Freire during a protest against a massive cut in the education budget imposed by the administration of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at Cinelandia square, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Education
A new doc highlights Paulo Freire’s early vision of ‘education as a tool for transformation’ filmmaker says
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, president of Sri Lanka, right, arrives at United Nations headquarters, during the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York
Top of The World
UNGA 76th session convenes in New York
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro carry Brazil's national flag along Copacabana Beach on Independence Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. 
Brazil under Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro pulls out all the stops to rally base on Brazil’s Independence Day
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro waves to people during a ceremony marking Soldier Day at Army headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, Aug. 25, 2021. 
Brazil under Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro rallies his base with voter fraud claims ahead of elections in Brazil
Brazil's libero Camila Brait and teammate Rosamaria Montibeller fist bump during a women's volleyball semifinal match against South Korea, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. 
Tokyo Olympics
Move over soccer: Brazil’s award-winning volleyball teams compete for Olympic gold
Man with oxygen mask lies face down on a stretcher with a green blanket on top and two people in the distance
COVID-19
COVID downward spiral in Latin America disrupts life-saving services
A man walking on stilts holds a sign with a message that reads in Portuguese: "Bolsonaro generates genocide"
Protest
‘Bolsonaro, get out!’: Protesters across Brazil call for president’s ouster
The Atlantic rainforest in Brazil is a beacon for global forest restoration.
The Big Fix
The Atlantic rainforest in Brazil is a bright spot for restoration
Gold sits in a pan moments after being torched to eliminate any mercury left, at an illegal mine the Amazon jungle, in the Itaituba area of Para state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020.
Violence
‘Mining kills’: A gold rush in Brazil threatens the Yanomami Indigenous people
Fishing communities line up and come together to pull in the net from the sea.
COVID-19
‘Difficult years’: Brazil’s fishing communities struggle to stay afloat during pandemic 
Landless Workers' Movement farmers gather food to distribute to poor communities.
Food
Brazil’s small farmers tackle food insecurity, hunger amid the pandemic 
Residents walk near a doorway scared with bullet holes after a police raid against alleged drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 6, 2021. 
Police
‘This is a war scene’: Rio residents grieve, protest against deadly police raid
A woman receives a plate of food donated by the Leao Xlll Foundation amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 7, 2021.
Hunger, unemployment, health care inequity: The pandemic’s devastating impact on Brazil’s Black communities
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is pictured in a close up photograph showing only his face covered by a medical face mask.
Top of The World
Brazil’s Bolsonaro under fire over minister shuffle, COVID-19 handling
Demonstrators wearing masks with text written in Portuguese that read "Bolsonaro out," and a sign with the phrase "Oxygen, Breathe Brazil," protest against the government's response in combating COVID-19 and demanding the impeachment of Brazil's President
Brazil under Bolsonaro
Calls for Bolsonaro’s impeachment intensify  
An illustration of two people of different races.
Global Politics
Thousands of Brazilians who won elections as Black candidates in 2020 previously ran for office as white
São Paulo Governor João Doria points to a container carrying the experimental COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac during a photo opportunity, after it was unloaded from a cargo plane that arrived from China at Guarulhos International Airport near São Paulo, Brazil
Global Politics
Vaccine wars: Brazil needs China’s COVID-19 shot, but Bolsonaro prefers Oxford jab
Greenpeace activists hold signs between two ice sculptures depicting US President Donald Trump and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro across the Hudson River from UN headquarters in the Queens borough of New York City, Sept. 30, 2020.
Foreign policy
US election could have profound effect on Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Kayapó Indigenous protesters block highway BR-163 with a banner that reads in Portuguese "Defending the Amazon. Without listening to Indigenous people, there will be no concession and nor grain railway," near Novo Progresso, Pará state, Brazil, Aug. 17, 2
The Big Fix
How Indigenous land rights could help save the Brazilian Amazon from deforestation
Kayapó indigenous people block Brazil's BR-163 national highway, as they protest against the government measures in the Indigenous lands to avoid the spread of the coronavirus, in Novo Progresso, Pará state, Brazil, August 18, 2020.
Human rights
Brazil’s Indigenous peoples fight COVID-19 in their territories amid government neglect
Indigenous leader Paulinho Paiakan takes part in an Occupy Funai protest that will shut down Funai offices throughout Brazil in Brasilia, July 13, 2016.
COVID-19
Paulinho Paiakan is remembered as a hero to Indigenous Brazilians
A nurse hands out a red ribbon to a woman, to mark World AIDS Day, at the entrance of Emilio Ribas Hospital, in Sao Paulo December 1, 2014.
Health & Medicine
Brazil reduces sex education amid spike in sexually transmitted infections
A person holds a placard with a drawing depicting Brazil's President Bolsonaro with horns during a Global Climate Strike rally in Rio de Janeiro
Climate Change
At UN, Bolsonaro’s nationalist rhetoric clashes with Indigenous leaders
Firefighters extinguish a fire in Amazon jungle in Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 25, 2019.
Brazilian firefighters scramble for resources as Bolsonaro deflects help
transgender lawmaker
Brazil’s first transgender Afro Brazilian lawmaker says she’s a ‘rebuke’ to the country’s history
Formation
Brazil under Bolsonaro
Do armed police officers in schools make kids safer? Brazil’s Bolsonaro says yes.
Indigenous people
Conflict & Justice
Bolsonaro reignites decades-old fight over land between Indigenous people and farmers
street
Displacement
Brazil resettles Venezuelan refugees — with US help