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Brazil farming leader blasts former president Lula's re-election bid

The head of Brazil's powerful farm lobby declared the country had no room for the return of a president who had been jailed for corruption, Joao Martins said at a National Confederation of Agriculture (CNA) conference on Wednesday.

Reuters

Explainer-Causes and consequences of Amazon fires and deforestation

Brazil vowed last year to halt deforestation by 2030, yet the number of fires burning in the country's Amazon rainforest hit a 15-year high in June. Burning season began last month and the rate of forest clearing remains high.

Reuters

Brazil's top prosecutor plays down risk of contested election

President Jair Bolsonaro is unlikely to contest the outcome of October's election, Brazil's top public prosecutor said on Tuesday, playing down fears of business leaders, diplomats and politicians about the president's anti-democratic rhetoric.

Reuters

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Brazilians fear return to dictatorship as ‘deranged’ Bolsonaro trails in polls

Hundreds of thousands sign pro-democracy manifesto amid fears the president will promote Trump-style insurrection against democracy

The Guardian - US

Brazil's Bolsonaro 'not afraid to lose' election, does not seek a coup

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday denied that he has any intention of carrying out a coup if he loses October's election, adding that he rejects a constitutional measure seen as an effort to protect him from crime accusations.

Reuters

Leandro Lo: shooting death of jiu-jitsu champion shocks Brazil

Military police officer accused of shooting Lo after an altercation at a concert was apparently a gun aficionado

The Guardian - US

Lula's lead narrows to single-digit in Brazil race - poll

Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has narrowed to 7 percentage points ahead of the October election, according to a new poll published on Monday.

Reuters

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Exclusive-Bolsonaro election concerns stall U.S. Javelin missiles sale to Brazil-sources

A Brazilian military request to buy Javelin anti-tank missiles worth as much as $100 million has been stalled in Washington for months due to U.S. lawmakers' concerns about far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, including his attacks on Brazil's electoral system, multiple U.S. sources told Reuters.

Reuters

Problematic or perilous: Brazil's environmental choice

Brazilians go to the polls in October, and they´ll have a choice between reelecting Jair Bolsonaro, or bringing back former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The Independent UK

Brazil’s Lula receives endorsement of moderate candidate

Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, currently bidding to return to the job he held between 2003-2010, received on Thursday the endorsement of moderate candidate André Janones

The Independent UK

Analysis-Bolsonaro risks blowback from joint military parade and campaign rally

Efforts by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to turn an Independence Day military parade into a political event for his re-election campaign has become a test of the armed forces' loyalty, retired generals and analysts said.

Reuters

Republicans are embracing one of the world’s worst leaders

Despite the detestable recent comments of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who said “We do not want to become peoples(sic) of mixed-race” or join in Western Europe’s “mixed-race world,” CPAC will all too happily host him.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lula's advantage over Bolsonaro in Brazil's October elections narrows -poll

Brazilian leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains a lead against incumbent right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of October's presidential election but is losing the strong lead he had in January, a Genial/Quaest poll released on Wednesday showed.

Reuters

Brazil ‘failing to fully investigate’ Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira murders

Rights groups accuse Brazilian government of not employing sufficient resources to examine case

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The Conversation

Armed militias in Brazil hold enormous sway over fate of Amazon – and the global climate

The future of the environmental agenda is on a collision course with Brazil’s violent past, as the murders of Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips have recently illustrated.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula calls on supporters to take to streets to win October vote

Front-running former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called on his supporters to take to the streets to help him win Brazil's election in October and deny far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro a second term.

ABC News

Lower fuel prices push by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro hurts Aussie farmers

Brazilian politics might be half a world away but that hasn't stopped a president's populist push from putting pressure on Aussie farmers.

The Independent UK

Brazil moves toward paving road key to deforestation

The Brazilian government has granted a preliminary environmental permit for paving a controversial highway that cuts through one of the Amazon’s most preserved areas

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Brazil prosecutors ask WhatsApp to delay launch of new tool until January

Brazilian prosecutors on Friday called on messaging platform WhatsApp to delay the launch in Brazil of its new feature called Communities until January to avoid the spread of fake news during and immediately after the country's election in October.

Reuters

Exclusive-Brazil federal police warned against Bolsonaro arms agenda, documents show

As President Jair Bolsonaro has aggressively sought to boost gun ownership in Brazil, documents obtained by Reuters reveal one key source of resistance to his agenda: his own federal police.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Brazil's Lula Keeps Wide Lead over Incumbent Bolsonaro

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains a wide lead over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of the presidential election in October, according to a poll published Thursday. Forty-seven percent of those polled by Datafolha said they intend to support Lula, 76, in the first round, the same…

Reuters

Brazil grants permit to pave highway through heart of Amazon forest

Brazil's environmental authority on Thursday granted an initial permit that will allow a major highway to be paved through the center of the Amazon rainforest, the minister of infrastructure said, in a move that threatens to increase deforestation.

The Independent UK

Brazil towel sales emerge to mock mistrust of polls

As keen supporters of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro claim polls signaling he will lose his reelection bid can’t be trusted, an unlikely proxy has emerged: towel sales

The Guardian - UK

Outrage in Brazil as Jair Bolsonaro avoids five charges related to Covid response

Senators call for investigation into top prosecutor after charges against president shelved

Reuters

Bankers and business leaders say Brazil's democracy in 'grave danger'

Top Brazilian bankers and businessmen issued a letter on Tuesday in defense of Brazil's electronic voting system that has been attacked by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, and warned that the country's democracy was in "grave danger."

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