Brazil
Peter Lownds explains how and why he translated a recent Brazilian novel
June 27, 2022International Publishers has just released Never-Ending Youth, a recent novel by Northeast Brazilian writer Urariano Mota, in Peter Lownds’s translation.
Read more¿Cámara de desinformación? Deforestación brasileña según Bolsonaro
June 21, 2022En efecto, la medida excluyó al instituto, responsable desde la década de 1980 de calcular la tasa oficial de deforestación amazónica, del proceso que va a determinar los datos sobre deforestación ilegal que el gobierno considere...
Read moreChamber of disinformation? Brazilian deforestation according to Bolsonaro
June 16, 2022The rate of deforestation was already growing under the governance of Dilma Rousseff and Michel Temer, but under Bolsonaro it attained a level not seen since 2006.
Read more‘The entire village had Covid’: Testimony of a Xingu woman
March 23, 2022The women’s leader of the Xingu Indigenous Territory, the eldest daughter of one important tribal chief and the niece of another, Watatakalu Yawalapiti watched her family be devastated by Covid.
Read moreRight-wing law means Brazil will extend coal use for another 18 years
January 10, 2022Extending coal use “contradicts the energy transition, with significant environmental impacts, and extends to inefficient costs for all energy consumers."
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