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• Allan ‘Skill’ Cole obituary

  23-09-2025 16:37
  Jamaican footballer, close friend of Bob Marley and manager of the WailersJogging in New York’s Central Park on 20 September 1980, the reggae musician Bob Marley collapsed in the arms of Allan “Skill” Cole, his close friend and a Jamaican football star. The following day Marley was diagnosed with incurable cancer; Cole would remain with him for the next eight months until his death.Up to that point Cole had held the role of Marley’s running partner, joining him on his ear
  
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• Brazilian influencer who defended US immigration crackdown arrested by ICE

  02-02-2026 16:10
  Trump supporter Júnior Pena falsely claimed migrants being rounded up, including Brazilians, were ‘all crooks’A rightwing Brazilian influencer who claimed Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown targeted only “crooks” has been arrested by ICE agents in New Jersey.Júnior Pena, whose full name is Eustáquio da Silva Pena Júnior, declared his support for the US president in a recent video message to his hundreds of thousands of social media foll
  
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• ‘Pure apocalypse’: a photographer’s journey through the Pantanal wildfires

  02-02-2026 08:00
  Ahead of a major exhibition in London documenting the South American wetland as it faces unprecedented threat, Lalo de Almeida recounts the stories behind his award-winning images Lalo de Almeida is a documentary photographer based in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2021 his photo essay Pantanal Ablaze was awarded first place in the environment stories category at the World Press Photo contest. In 2022, he won the Eugene Smith grant in humanistic photography and World Press Photo’s long-term
  
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• Why a T-shirt in a hit movie is trending with Brazilian progressives: ‘Almost every day they sell out’

  30-01-2026 11:00
  Even Brazil’spresident, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has received one, after Wagner Moura wore it in The Secret AgentIt is glimpsed in just a few scenes in The Secret Agent, the Brazilian film nominated for four Oscars and two Baftas, but that has been enough exposure for a vintage yellow T-shirt to become the latest object of desire among Brazilian progressives.The garment, worn on screen by Wagner Moura, was first produced in 1978 by Pitombeira dos Quatro Cantos, a carnival group in
  
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• UK supermarkets push for Amazon soy safeguards after traders abandon ban

  26-01-2026 18:43
  European retailers urge traders to adhere to commitments after Brazilian lawmakers wreck forest protection pactLeading British and European retailers are trying to salvage the core elements of the Amazon soy moratorium after the world’s most successful forest protection agreement was wrecked by Brazilian lawmakers and abandoned by international traders.In an open letter, high street brands including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda say the breakdown this month of the 20-year-old agreement
  
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• Nearly 200 arrested in cross-border crackdown on gold mining in Amazon

  22-01-2026 14:08
  Cash, gold, mercury and firearms seized in operations in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and SurinamePolice and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon region, authorities said.The operation was backed by Interpol, the EU and Dutch police specialising in environmental crime. It involved more than 24,500 checks on vehicles and people across remote border areas
  
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• The Guardian view on food security: Britain can no longer trust markets alone | Editorial

  20-01-2026 19:29
  As climate and geopolitics shocks bite, countries are rebuilding food buffers. The UK clings to neoliberal ideas while households pay the priceFood policy across much of the world is changing. But not in Britain. That may be a costly mistake as the prices of essentials rise because of the climate emergency, geopolitical tensions and the fragility of just-in-time supply chains. Many capitals are now reviving their strategic food reserves. European nations such as Sweden, Finland, Norway and Germa
  
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• Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books

  16-01-2026 14:19
  Former president convicted for coup plot to take advantage of law that knocks four days off jail term for each book readJair Bolsonaro’s lawyers appear to have been reading up on the country’s penal code and have found a way to help their client reduce the 27-year prison sentence he received last year for plotting a coup: by reading books.There is only one problem: the former far-right Brazilian president has never been known as a bibliophile. “Sorry, I don’t have time to
  
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• Brutal, vibrant and creative: capturing the soul of Latin America in 100 photographs

  12-01-2026 14:00
  The journalist Paulo Antonio Paranaguá uses images from the turbulent continent to weave a history of the region, covering colonisation, slavery and dictatorshipIts tumultuous past, marked by massacres, slavery, violent domination, coups d’état, revolutions and uprisings, often overshadows another narrative of Latin America: that of a vibrant, culturally rich region where art, creativity and solidarity hold a central place in society.Throughout its post-Columbian history &nda
  
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• EU states back controversial Mercosur deal with Latin American countries

  09-01-2026 18:27
  Agreement after 25 years of negotiations prompts farmers to block roads in Paris, Brussels and WarsawEuropean Union member states have backed the biggest ever free trade agreement with a group of Latin American countries, ending 25 years of negotiations but stoking further tensions with farmers and environmentalists around the bloc.The contentious Mercosur deal with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay prompted immediate protests in Poland, France, Greece and Belgium, with farmers blocking ke
  
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• Brazilian president vetoes bill reducing Jair Bolsonaro’s prison sentence

  08-01-2026 19:03
  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rejects bill passed by congress as he marks anniversary of 2023 Brasília riotsBrazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has vetoed a bill that would dramatically reduce the prison sentence of the country’s far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted last year of plotting a coup.Lula vetoed the bill, which was passed by congress in December, on the third anniversary of riots by Bolsonaro supporters in the capital, Bras&
  
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• US attack on Venezuela will decide direction of South America’s vast mineral wealth

  07-01-2026 18:37
  Outcome of aggression will determine whether rare earths and other resources drive energy transition – or strengthen US military power and oil interestsThe US’s first overt attack on an Amazon nation last weekend is a new phase in its extractivist rivalry with China. The outcome will decide whether the vast mineral wealth of South America is directed towards a 21st-century energy transition or a buildup of military power to defend 20th-century fossil fuel interests.Although this onsl
  
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• ‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US

  04-01-2026 05:00
  Most of the Americas have suffered from interference from their powerful northern neighbour – and are usually the worse off for itUS attacks Venezuela – live updatesThe US bombardment of Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolás Maduro, follow a long history of interventions in South and Central America and the Caribbean over the past two centuries. But they also mark an unprecedented moment as the first direct US military attack on a South American country.At a pres
  
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• Five tech trends we’ll be watching in 2026

  30-12-2025 22:44
  From datacenters to AI, we’ll be keeping our eye on the technology that will be shaping your life in the coming yearHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, wishing you a happy New Year’s Eve filled with cheer, champagne and Mariah Carey’s comically awful rendition of Auld Lang Syne.Today, we’re looking forward to the next year in technology news. I am watching five trends I think will define the year: datacenters will see rapid proliferatio
  
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• Jair Bolsonaro undergoes second procedure to treat persistent hiccups

  29-12-2025 23:07
  Former Brazilian president underwent a phrenic nerve block while temporarily released from prison for surgeryJair Bolsonaro underwent a second “phrenic nerve block procedure” on Monday to treat persistent hiccups.The treatment went well and the former Brazilian president’s condition is stable, according to his medical team. Continue reading...
  
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• Brazilian ex-president Bolsonaro treated for persistent hiccups

  29-12-2025 02:06
  Doctors say they blocked his right phrenic nerve in procedure that took place after jailed former president was hospitalised last week for hernia operationBrazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro underwent “a phrenic nerve block procedure” on Saturday to treat his persistent hiccups, his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, said on social media.The doctors treating Bolsonaro said later that they blocked the right phrenic nerve and scheduled a new procedure in 48 hours to block the left on
  
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• ‘When you plant something, it dies’: Brazil’s first arid zone is a stark warning for the whole country

  28-12-2025 13:00
  The Caatinga in the north-east has been transformed by the heating climate in just a generation and could become the country’s first desertEvery Tuesday at dawn, Raildon Suplício Maia goes to the market in Macururé, in Brazil’s Bahia state, to sell goats. He haggles with buyers to get a good price for the animals, which are reared in the open and roam freely.Goats are the main – and sometimes only – source of income for the people of Macururé, a small
  
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• We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2025 – part two

  26-12-2025 09:00
  From the ‘warrior’ midwife saving lives in Senegal to the outed Kenyan pop star speaking up against prejudice, these are some of the people who gave us hopeWe can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2025 – part oneIn the thick of the monsoon this June, I found myself squinting at the smallest of orchids and rarest of impatiens (a flowering plant) inside an enclave of lush rainforest in Kerala, southern India. With Laly Joseph, 56, at the helm, dozens of w
  
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• We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2025 – part one

  25-12-2025 06:00
  From the Indigenous doctor balancing traditional and western medicine to a father risking death to provide for his family in Gaza, these are some of the people whose determination and bravery stood outIn 2012, Adana Omágua Kambeba travelled 4,000km (2,500 miles) from her home in Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazon, to take up a coveted place to study medicine at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in south-east Brazil. She became the first among her people, the Kambeba, or Omágua, t
  
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• Bolsonaro supporters ‘cancel’ Havaianas flip-flop brand over television ad

  23-12-2025 15:02
  Son of jailed former Brazilian president says spokesperson for ‘national symbol’ sandals is ‘openly left wing’Leaderless since its figurehead was jailed for attempting a coup, Brazil’s far right has found a new nemesis: the flip-flop brand Havaianas, which has been “cancelled” by Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters over a television advert.The controversy stems from the actor Fernanda Torres – the star of I’m Still Here, the Brazilian film that
  
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• Brazilian president vows to veto bill cutting Jair Bolsonaro’s prison term

  18-12-2025 17:12
  Lula acknowledges his decision to uphold 27-year sentence could be overridden by conservative lawmakers Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has promised to veto a bill passed by congress to reduce the prison term of Jair Bolsonaro, the former president who was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for masterminding an attempted coup to overturn the 2022 elections.Lawmakers passed the bill late on Wednesday after it was approved last week by the lower house. On Thursda
  
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• Moment Statue of Liberty replica collapses due to wind in Brazil – video

  17-12-2025 17:25
  A replica of the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of Brazilian retailer Havan, collapsed after strong winds struck the city of Guaíba. According to Brazilian local media, there were no injuries Continue reading...
  
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• How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy

  16-12-2025 11:00
  Joesley Batista is credited as a major force behind the reconciliation between Trump and Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaSix international airlines had suspended flights to Venezuela over the risk of possible US military strikes when an ultra-long-haul executive jet from São Paulo, Brazil, landed calmly in Caracas.On board that flight on 23 November was the Brazilian meat tycoon Joesley Batista – twice jailed for corruption and whose companies have a long record of environmental vio
  
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• Weather tracker: Bushfires ravage Western Australia as temperatures soar

  15-12-2025 09:54
  Extreme heat follows blazes in New South Wales, while winds plunge Brazil’s largest city into darknessExtreme heat and bushfires have ravaged the parched landscape of Western Australia. With temperatures expected to continue soaring above 40C (104F) over the coming days, the Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe heatwave warning across much of the south-west.The conditions follow bushfires in New South Wales this month, which resulted in the destruction of homes and loss of life. Sever
  
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• US treasury lifts sanctions on Brazilian judge who presided over Bolsonaro case

  12-12-2025 21:07
  Justice Alexandre de Moraes and his wife had been under Global Magnitsky sanctions after conviction of ex-presidentThe US Department of the Treasury has lifted sanctions imposed on the Brazilian supreme court justice who oversaw the conviction of the former president Jair Bolsonaro.Justice Alexandre de Moraes had been under Global Magnitsky sanctions, which target individuals accused of human rights abuses, since July. His wife Viviane Barci de Moraes – who was added the sanctions list in
  
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• Jim Caviezel to play Jair Bolsonaro in ‘heroic’ biopic

  08-12-2025 18:42
  Actor, who starred in The Passion of the Christ, will play the disgraced ex-Brazilian president in film written by his one-time secretary of cultureJair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president now in prison for plotting a coup, is getting the biopic treatment.Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in Mel Gibson’s 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, is reportedly filming a “heroic” portrait of the rightwing ex-politician in secret. Dark Horse, directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and written
  
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• US attack on Venezuela risks ‘Vietnam-style’ regional conflict, warns Lula adviser

  08-12-2025 13:39
  Brazil aide says Trump’s closure of Venezuelan airspace amounts to an ‘act of war’ that could escalateMaduro says the real reason for Trump’s Venezuela fixation is oil – is he right?A US invasion or attack on Venezuela could plunge South America into a Vietnam-style conflict, the chief foreign policy adviser to Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has warned.In an interview with the Guardian, Celso Amorim called Donald Trump’s recent dec
  
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• Baby review – an astute portrait of queer Brazilian hustlers lost in the system

  08-12-2025 12:00
  Abandoned by his parents and fresh out of juvenile prison, the wide-eyed Wellington meets a charismatic hustler on the restless streets of São PauloChannelling the urban restlessness and vibrancy of São Paulo, Marcelo Caetano’s bracing drama centres on those who live on the fringes of an ever-changing metropolis. Fresh out of juvenile prison, 18-year-old Wellington (João Pedro Mariano) finds himself at a crossroads; abandoned by his parents, the wide-eyed young man fin
  
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• The loggers and ranchers are closing in but still Brazil’s Kawahiva people wait for protection

  07-12-2025 07:00
  Bureaucratic delays and funding shortages stall plans to carve out a forest reserve for the uncontacted Indigenous group on the southern fringe of the Brazilian AmazonIn 2024, agents of the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (Funai) walked more than 60 miles through rainforest on the southern fringe of the Brazilian Amazon on a mission to monitor and help protect a group of Indigenous people who had no contact with the modern world.What they found was a small basket freshly woven from le
  
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• ‘We’re true guardians of the forest’: quilombola community near Belém demand land rights and recognition

  01-12-2025 16:00
  Short boat ride from Cop30 host, Afro-descendant residents of Menino Jesus say their voices are not being heardWalk through the conference centre where the recent UN climate talks were held and representations of Indigenous people and culture were everywhere, from the spear-carrying, fiery-headed Cop30 mascot Curupira to huge mural-sized photos of people navigating the Amazon in dugout canoes and the many protests demanding dialogue outside.Yet a short boat ride down the river from Belém,
  
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