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Brazil

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Ever since Brazil's leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the election in October, supporters of far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro have staged protests and called for an army coup against the government.

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News

January 31, 2023

Brazil's Bolsonaro seeks 6-month visa to stay in US

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Reports & Analysis

Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro are pictured through a broken glass

Fact check: Fakes about the Brazil riots

Fact check: Fakes about the Brazil riots

The claims made on social networks included that President Lula had been evacuated and the internet shut down.
PoliticsJanuary 10, 2023
People standing on a government building waving flags

In photos: Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil's key government sites

In photos: Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil's key government sites

Images of the ransacking of government buildings in Brasilia evoked memories of the storming of the US Capitol in 2021.
PoliticsJanuary 9, 20238 images
Aerial view of deforested area of Amazon rainforest

Climate protection in Brazil: Can Lula save the rainforest?

Climate protection in Brazil: Can Lula save the rainforest?

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has promised to help Brazil protect the rainforest.
PoliticsJanuary 3, 2023
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In the spotlight

Light floods through trees in the rainforest

Destruction of the Amazon: What you need to know

A look at the current state of the Amazon rainforest and what's at stake if we don't conserve it.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 13, 2022
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro (left) next to his wife among a group of people

Has Jair Bolsonaro backed Brazil's Indigenous people?

The Bolsonaro administration claims to have done more for Brazil's Indigenous than any other government. Is this true?
PoliticsOctober 1, 2022
President Bolsonaro and his wife Michelle praying at the “March for Jesus” on Aug. 13 in Rio (Photo:AP/Bruna Prado)

Fact check: Bolsonaro's pre-election claims

Are things really going as well for Brazil as President Jair Bolsonaro says?
PoliticsAugust 30, 2022
A woman with curly hair looks into the camera

Lia Rodrigues: Brazil's traumas through dance

The Brazilian artist who made dance accessible to slum residents is being honored by a prestigious German award.
DanceSeptember 29, 2021
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A closer look

Amazon rainforest

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The Amazon is the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest in the world, the majority of which lies in Brazil. It also cover parts of Peru, Colombia and other South American countries.

Two Yanomami adults and one child sitting in hammocks

How gold mining in Brazil is connected to hundreds of deaths

How gold mining in Brazil is connected to hundreds of deaths

Malnutrition and other illnesses among the Yanomami people have been linked to illegal gold mining on their territory.
ScienceJanuary 26, 2023
Ignacio Lula da Silva

What challenges will Brazil's President Lula da Silva face?

What challenges will Brazil's President Lula da Silva face?

This time around, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva cannot count on a commodity boom and rapid growth in China.
PoliticsJanuary 1, 2023
Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Environment Minister Marina Silva

Brazil: Lula appoints Amazon activist in cabinet role

Brazil: Lula appoints Amazon activist in cabinet role

Lula has appointed Marina Silva, one of the best known defenders of the Amazon rainforest, as his environment minister.
ClimateDecember 29, 2022
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Opinion

Philipp Lichterbeck

Opinion: Brazil: A dangerous cocktail of violence and lies

Philipp Lichterbeck
Commentary
PoliticsJanuary 9, 2023
Philipp Lichterbeck

Bolsonaro tests Brazil's democracy

Philipp Lichterbeck
Commentary
PoliticsSeptember 8, 2021
Philipp Lichterbeck

Bolsonaro's unpredictability is more of a threat than ever

Philipp Lichterbeck
Commentary
PoliticsApril 1, 2021