World Aug 18 Amazon continues to burn in 2020 despite promises to save it This year’s burning season could determine whether Bolsonaro, an avid supporter of bringing more farming and ranching to the Amazon, is willing and able to halt the fires.
World Aug 17 Indigenous protesters in Brazil demand COVID-19 protection Dozens of Indigenous people have blocked a major highway in Brazil's Amazon to pressure the government for help in protecting them from COVID-19.
Health Jul 17 Remote region of Brazil’s Amazon experiences first deaths by coronavirus The first deaths from COVID-19 have come to a vast, remote region of the Amazon that Brazil’s government says is home to greatest concentration of isolated Indigenous groups in the world.
World Jul 16 Brazil nears 2 million coronavirus cases, with 75,000 dead A thousand deaths a day. Since late May, three months after Brazil’s first reported case of the coronavirus, it has recorded more than 1,000 daily deaths on average in a gruesome plateau that has yet to tilt downward.
World May 15 Brazil’s health minister resigns after one month on the job Brazil’s health minister has resigned after less than a month in office. It's a sign of continuing upheaval in the nation’s battle with the COVID-19 pandemic.
World Apr 20 Brazil’s Bolsonaro seeks end to social isolation measures The Brazilian president favors a less restrictive model in which only those in high-risk groups would be quarantined at home until the end of the outbreak.
Health Mar 26 Brazil’s governors rise up against Bolsonaro’s outbreak stance Bolsonaro contends that the clampdown already ordered by many governors will deeply wound Brazil's already beleaguered economy and spark social unrest.
Politics Feb 06 Brazil judge rejects hacking accusation against journalist Glenn Greenwald A judge in Brazil has dismissed accusations that U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald was involved in hacking phones of officials, following weeks of criticism that his prosecution would infringe on constitutional protections for the press.
World Feb 05 Former evangelical missionary to lead Brazil’s isolated indigenous unit In recent interviews, Dias said he would not seek to evangelize indigenous groups. But activists have expressed concern that he would try to do that, just as he did during his years with the New Tribes nonprofit group.
World Feb 04 Threats to indigenous lands highlight Brazil’s environmental woes People in the tribe rushed to the site, at the base of Sao Paulo's Jaraguá Peak, as soon as they heard chainsaws toppling trees on Jan. 30.