• Police raid villa of Jair Bolsonaro as part of spying investigation

    Police raid villa of Jair Bolsonaro as part of spying investigation
    Ex-president’s family retreat targeted early on Monday as nine search warrants executed in other parts of the countryBrazilian police have raided the holiday home of former president Jair Bolsonaro as part of an expanding investigation into an illegal spying racket that allegedly existed during his far-right government.Federal police officers reportedly arrived at Bolsonaro’s family retreat in Mambucaba, a picturesque seaside village 126 miles west of Rio, early on Monday morning as
  • The battle against illegal goldmining in the Amazon – in pictures

    The battle against illegal goldmining in the Amazon – in pictures
    A year after Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, declared a humanitarian crisis among the Yanomami and vowed zero tolerance for illegal mining, environmental enforcers have said the progress since the ousting from the reservation of 80% of the wildcat miners is in jeopardy. As the military has rolled back its support for the crackdown, the miners have made fresh incursions into Yanomami land, they say Continue reading...

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