News Brazil Amazonas: Brazil, Amazon, World: Sociopathy vs Democracy
Published on: Thursday 30 December 2021
News source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/31/brazil-amazon-world-sociopathy-vs-democracy/
Sometimes the micro can shed highly revealing light on the macro. The person of Jair Messias Bolsonaro, who neatly fits the definition of a sociopath, tells us a lot about the sociopathic political ...
News Brazil Amazonas: Tarnished Gold: Aircraft, fuel key to illegal Amazon mining
Published on: Tuesday 11 January 2022
News source: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tarnished-Gold-Aircraft-fuel-key-to-illegal-16766346.php
Here in Roraima state, where all gold mining is illegal, the planes are essential for transporting prospectors and equipment to far-flung Indigenous reserves, including Brazil’s largest: Yanomami.
News Brazil Amazonas: Why deforestation in Brazil's Amazon has soared to its highest level in 15 years
Published on: Wednesday 29 December 2021
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/why-deforestation-in-brazil-s-amazon-has-soared-to-its-highest-level-in-15-years/ar-AASgiKO
The Amazon rainforest covers land in nine countries, but around 60% lies in Brazil. According to Greenpeace, one-third of deforestation in Brazil's Amazon is linked to so-called land grabbing of ...
