Brazil news

• Brazilian police raid Bolsonaro ally’s home over illegal spying allegations

  25-01-2024 20:33
  
  Alexandre Ramagem ran Brazil’s intelligence agency under Bolsonaro, allegedly using spyware to track political opponentsFederal police agents have raided the home and offices of Brazil’s spy chief under the former president Jair Bolsonaro as part of an investigation into the alleged illegal monitoring of thousands of people, including two supreme court judges and a key ally of the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Alexandre Ramagem, a former federal police chief who
  
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• Optimism dries up in Amazon as Lula drifts from climate priorities

  25-01-2024 14:00
  
  Brazil’s president inspired hope a year ago but approval of a new highway shows he remains a concrete-and-oil state builderWhat a difference a year makes in the Brazilian Amazon. At the start of 2023, I wrote about the green shoots of the rainy season and feelings of hope inspired by the new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who promised to strengthen Indigenous rights and aim for zero deforestation. Twelve months on, both the vegetation and political optimism are drying up.The
  
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• I discovered a tiny frog that lives its whole life inside one plant

  25-01-2024 11:00
  
  Everyone told me there is no water on top of this Brazilian mountain, there won’t be any frogs.Now I’ve dedicated my life to preserving this incredible speciesI remember the park rangers saying: “Why are you going up there? There is no water on the top, and you’re not going to find any frogs.” I said: “Well I’m going to check it out.”The Espinhaço mountain range in the east of Brazil is a very special place, and it’s mostly unknown. My
  
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