Brazil news

• Cop30 in talks to hire PR firm that worked for lobby seeking weaker Amazon protections

  17-03-2025 17:00
  
  Revealed: Edelman worked for Brazilian trade group accused of pushing for environmental rollbacks in AmazonEdelman, the world’s largest public relations agency, is in talks to work with the Cop30 team organising the UN climate summit in the Amazon later this year despite its prior connections to a major trade group accused of lobbying to roll back measures to protect the area from deforestation, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal.The summit is set to take place in
  
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• Behind Closed Doors review – Brazil’s descent into authoritarianism laid brutally bare

  17-03-2025 10:00
  João Pedro Bim’s documentary juxtaposes propagandist newsreel footage with 1960s audio recordings of the military dictatorship debating legalised tortureIn December 1968, the cabinet of Brazil’s ruling military dictatorship gathered for a classified meeting which resulted in the issuance of Institutional Act No 5, a decree that stripped dissenting citizens of their civil rights and led to a blood-soaked period of forced disappearances, torture and extra-judicial killings. Whil
  
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