“The election starts today,” said one prominent political reporter. “It’s virtually impossible Lula won’t be a candidate.
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Amid Growing Death Toll in Brazil, Bolsonaro’s Handling of the Covid-19 Pandemic Condemned as ‘Pitiful’
“This is the worst public health crisis we’ve faced—and it has come at a time when we have the worst government in the world.”
Jair Bolsonaro is a threat to Brazil and global health –
This letter is addressed to all who defend humanity across borders. The Covid-19 pandemic attacks all human beings without regards for nationality, ethnicity, or social class. But the vast majority of the population, those who are not part of the privileged 1 percent, are infinitely more vulnerable. Almost every government in the world has taken health, economic, and political measures to confront this tragedy, but in the absence of a vaccine, social distancing is the most important method for saving lives.
Fears of Bolsonaro’s Threat to Amazon Realized as New Data Shows Rainforest Destruction Up 55%
“Bolsonaro is not only turning a blind eye as land grabbers, illegal loggers, and miners continue to plunder Indigenous territories during the pandemic, he plans to make things easier for them.”
Amazon Onslaught
This month Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro proposed a new bill promoting mining, expanded agriculture, and energy production on indigenous lands in the Amazon. Accordingly, private developers as well as private hedge funds will occupy and develop land that’s been home to indigenous people for thousands of years. Meantime during Bolsonaro’s first full year in office, More
Lula Vows to ‘Battle for Democracy’ Against Bolsonaro Push to ‘Destroy’ Decades of Progress in Brazil
The former Brazilian president gave his first interview with a foreign newspaper since his release from prison two weeks ago.
My Friend Was Murdered for Trying to Save the Amazon –
One result of Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency is that there are more eyes on the forest: of those wanting to steal it, but also of those wanting to protect it. It’s buzzing with all the attention, and the fatal fires now ravaging vast areas are now drawing many more. All these eyes on the Amazon are provoking fights, grabbing headlines and building resistance. All of us can be allies in this resistance, but we will never truly know what people like the Guardians of the Amazon face on a daily basis. More
Source: My Friend Was Murdered for Trying to Save the Amazon – CounterPunch.org
Brazilian Experts Warn in Open Letter to President Bolsonaro a ‘Genocide Is Underway’ Against Uncontacted Tribes
Climate Change: Still Time to Staunch the Blood-Dimmed Tide
It’s the year 2100. The nationalist ideology popularized by Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, and Boris Johnson has not only retained its hold on industrialized nations, but also expanded amid conditions of climate upheaval. Many of the world’s major powers have spent the last several decades focusing on themselves. Borders have closed. International investments in education and technology have declined.
Source: Climate Change: Still Time to Staunch the Blood-Dimmed Tide | Portside
The Amazon’s Neocolonial Problem
The 2019 G7 summit in Biarritz unnecessarily handed Brazil’s Neofascist Bolsonaro a propaganda coup with which to rally his dwindling support. With his approval falling to record lows and facing international attacks of unprecedented intensity, their colonial-sounding rhetoric allowed him to appear heroically nationalistic, a defender of Brazilian sovereignty over the Amazon, when in reality he and his government are fully geared to serve the interests of foreign capital in true comprador tradition.
