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Brazil: Lula deploys troops to ports and airports in organised crime crackdown

06-11-2023 19:08

Military intervention to last until May and is reportedly designed to cut off key drug and gun smuggling routesThousands of troops have taken up position in the ports and airports of Rio and São Paulo and along Brazil’s western border as part of efforts to “asphyxiate” organized crime amid an upsurge in bloodshed and violence.The military intervention – ordered last Friday by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – will last until next May and is reporte

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‘Everything is parched’: drought-stricken Amazon desperately awaits the rains

06-11-2023 12:35

By now, the rivers should be full. But large-scale deforestation, the climate crisis and weather events like El Niño mean Brazil is near the point of no returnCows, dust and smoke. That was what greeted me on my return home to Altamira, after several weeks on the road. An unusually fierce dry season has taken a horrific toll on the Amazonian landscape, swathes of which are already denuded by cattle ranches. Together, they threaten the integrity of the world’s biggest tropical forest

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‘Everything is parched’: Amazon struggles with drought amid deforestation

06-11-2023 12:35

By now, the rivers should be full. But large-scale cattle farming, the climate crisis and weather events like El Niño mean Brazil is near the point of no returnCows, dust and smoke. That was what greeted me on my return home to Altamira, after several weeks on the road. An unusually fierce dry season has taken a horrific toll on the Amazonian landscape, swathes of which are already denuded by cattle ranches. Together, they threaten the integrity of the world’s biggest tropical fores

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Aggressive deforestation has led to one of the Amazon’s worst droughts

06-11-2023 12:35

By now, the rivers should be full. But large-scale beef farming, the climate crisis and weather events like El Niño mean Brazil is near the point of no returnCows, dust and smoke. That was what greeted me on my return home to Altamira, after several weeks on the road. An unusually fierce dry season has taken a horrific toll on the Amazonian landscape, swathes of which are already denuded by cattle ranches. Together, they threaten the integrity of the world’s biggest tropical forest.

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Skin review – Brazilian city’s protest art maps out supercharged political landscape

06-11-2023 08:00

In a wordless paean to Belo Horizonte, this film celebrates the graffiti found throughout the streets as an act of resistance against Jair BolsonaroLike large-scale tattoos, colourful murals and graffiti adorn the urban body of Belo Horizonte, a densely populated city in southeastern Brazil. Composed largely of static shots, Marcos Pimentel’s poignant documentary conjures an awe-striking tapestry of artistic expression and revolutionary resistance.Imposing in terms of size, these sprawling

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