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• Brazil: at least 45 killed in string of police operations in three states

  02-08-2023 19:56
  
  Ten people were killed in Rio favela and 19 people reportedly died in state of Bahia, while death toll rose to 16 in São Paulo region At least 45 people have been killed in a string of police operations across three Brazilian states, in a particularly bloody week even for Brazil – a country notorious for its police violence.Ten people were killed during an operation by civil and military police against drug traffickers into the Complexo da Penha favela in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday
  
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• Amazon deforestation falls over 60% compared with last July, says Brazilian minister

  02-08-2023 18:10
  
  Marina Silva welcomes progress but says climate crisis means upcoming regional summit needs to produce real actionDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by at least 60% in July compared to the same month last year, the environment minister, Marina Silva, has told the Guardian.The good news comes ahead of a regional summit that aims to prevent South America’s largest biome from hitting a calamitous tipping point. Continue reading...
  
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• Indigenous territory still in crisis despite Brazil’s expulsion of miners

  02-08-2023 15:00
  
  Six months after Lula’s government cracked down on garimpeiros, a legacy of malnutrition and malaria is taking its toll on YanomamiSix months after the Brazilian government launched an operation to turf out illegal miners from the country’s largest Indigenous reserve, the Yanomami population there continues to live in fear, battling a legacy of violence, destruction and disease.A new report released by three Indigenous organisations on Wednesday, applauds the success of the governmen
  
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