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Brazil police identify five more people linked to killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Officers have already arrested three people, one of whom confessed to killing British journalist and indigenous advocate

The Guardian - UK

After writer's murder in the Amazon, can his vision survive?

British journalist Dom Phillips’ quest to unlock the secrets of how to preserve Brazil’s Amazon was cut short when he was killed along with a colleague in the heart of the forest he cherished

The Independent UK

The Amazon rainforest is disappearing quickly — and threatening Indigenous people who live there

Forests throughout the world are shrinking year after year — and Brazil is the epicentre. According to the World Wildlife Fund, more than a quarter of the Amazon rainforest will be devoid of trees by 2030 if cutting continues at the same speed.

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Brazil indigenous defender, sidelined under Bolsonaro, gave life for 'abandoned' tribes

Six tribes from Brazil's remote Javari Valley packed into an assembly hall on June 11 to lament the disappearance of Bruno Pereira, an advisor to their collective, and Dom Phillips, a British journalist reporting on his work.

Reuters

Brazil’s Bolsonaro says Congress will investigate Petrobras

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday he already has support from congress to start a probe into state-controlled oil giant Petrobras and its pricing policy.

Tribune News Service

‘Bolsonaro’s fingerprints are all over this’: how president’s war on Amazon played part in double killing

Brazil’s leader has steadily attacked those defending the region where journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira lost their lives

The Guardian - UK

Brazil Indigenous expert was 'bigger target' in recent years

Before disappearing in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, Bruno Pereira was laying the groundwork for a mammoth undertaking: a 350-kilometer (217-mile) trail marking the southwestern border of the Javari Valley Indigenous territory, an area the size of Portugal

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Remains of UK journalist identified as US urges ‘accountability’ over Amazon murders

The United States on Friday urged accountability over the murder in the Brazilian Amazon of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert, as it hailed defenders of the rainforest.

France 24

US sees perils for Russian influence in Americas if Ukraine war drags on

WASHINGTON — Over dinner at the lush Getty Villa in Los Angeles, where curators have recreated a classical Roman home overlooking the Pacific, President Joe Biden had a rare opportunity to speak with leaders from across the Americas all together and in private.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

In his own words: Dom Phillips’ reporting on Brazil and the Amazon

Dom Phillips, whose death in the Amazon has shocked many, was a frequent contributor to the Guardian. Here are some of his outstanding pieces of journalism

The Guardian - UK

Chinese President to host 14th BRICS meet on June 23, PM Modi to attend

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa in the virtual meet next week.

The Hindu

What's at stake as Colombians choose between Trump-like populist and leftist former guerrilla for president

Colombians will decide their next president on June 19, 2022, with a choice between two candidates promising “change.” But what they mean by change is very, very different.

The Conversation

Tributes pour in for British reporter Dom Phillips, presumed killed in Amazon

Indigenous groups, environmentalists, fellow reporters and family and friends paid tribute on Thursday to British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian isolated tribes expert Bruno Pereira who disappeared in the Amazon 11 days ago and are presumed dead.

Reuters

There is a war on nature. Dom Phillips was killed trying to warn you about it

Bruno Pereira highlighted the ravaging of the rainforest. Dom told his story, says Jonathan Watts, the Guardian’s global environment editor

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‘Heartbroken’: family pay tribute to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Colleagues call for journalist and Indigenous activist’s work to be inspiration to others

Daily Mirror

Brit journalist’s wife says ‘we can say goodbye with love’ after remains found in Amazon

Brazil’s justice minister Anderson Torres said remains were found near where the pair disappeared on June 5, with police saying a suspect led investigators to the location after confessing

The Conversation

Quantifying the effects of Bolsonaro’s dismal management of the Covid-19 pandemic

Along with the United States and India, Brazil is one of the three countries to have been most hit by the Covid pandemic, both in terms of deaths and confirmed cases (660,000 and 30 million respectively). The doubts we may harbour over the reliability of official data (especially for infections, but…

Reuters

Analysis-Brazil likely to waive over $20 billion in tax revenue as Bolsonaro tries to spur economy

Tax cuts are likely to cost over 110 billion reais ($21.5 billion) in Brazilian tax revenue this year, as President Jair Bolsonaro tries to ease inflation and spur the economy in an election year despite economists' warnings of blowback in 2023.

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The Guardian - US

Brazil Indigenous agency staff strike over Bruno Pereira disappearance

Employees walk off the job amid anger over statements criticising the former Funai employee who went missing with Dom Phillips

Reuters

Brazil police arrest second suspect in case of missing journalist

Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested a second suspect in the investigation of the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest in western Brazil.

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Hope all but lost for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

In today’s newsletter: Amid conflicting reports over the fate of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, friends and colleagues call for action

Daily Mirror

'I know only too well risks of working on story in Amazon where Dom Phillips vanished'

Mirrorman Christopher Bucktin received death threats in Brazil and knows only too well the dangers of working on a story in the Amazon where British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira have not been seen since June 5

The Guardian - US

The writer and the activist: how Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira bonded over the Amazon

The two men spent years traveling together in canoes and on foot. They disappeared on what was supposed to be a final trip

Reuters

Brazil's Bolsonaro says he didn't ask for Biden's help to win October election

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he did not ask his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden for help to defeat his leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in this year's election.

Los Angeles Times

Brazil's Anitta is already a global phenom and LGBTQ icon. Now she's set to conquer America

Brazilian pop star Anitta has been coming out of the closet since she was 14.

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