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Mystery oil spills blot more than 130 Brazilian beaches

Louis Genot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 07:36 AM

The source of large blots of oil staining more than 130 beaches in northeastern Brazil remained a mystery Tuesday despite President Jair Bolsonaro's assertions they came from outside the country and were possibly the work of criminals. Read more »

'Media is lying' about Amazon devastation, says Brazil's Bolsonaro

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 11:07 AM

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday it was a lie that the Amazon was being devastated by fire and accused countries critical of him of having a "colonialist spirit."  Read more »

Brazil's Amazon chief Raoni nominated for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

Reuters
Posted at Sep 15 02:24 AM

A group of Brazilian anthropologists and environmentalists has put forward Chief Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapó tribe as a candidate for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work protecting the Amazon rainforest. Read more »

Amazon countries sign forest pact, promising to coordinate disaster response

Luis Jaime Acosta, Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 10:20 AM

Seven Amazonian countries on Friday signed a pact to protect the world's largest tropical forest via disaster response coordination and satellite monitoring, amid recent fires that torched thousands of square miles of the jungle. Read more »

Macron and Bolsonaro: political polar opposites

Michel Moutot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 08:40 AM

Relations between French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro which have been fraught from the start sunk to new lows after Bolsonaro's jibe about Macron's wife, analysts say. Read more »

Brazilian women must be ashamed of Bolsonaro for mocking my wife, says Macron

Reuters
Posted at Aug 27 08:36 AM

Brazilian women are probably ashamed of President Jair Bolsonaro, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, hitting back after the Brazilian leader mocked Macron's wife on Facebook.  Read more »

Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as Amazon outrage grows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 11:51 PM

PORTO VELHO, BRAZIL - Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil, official data showed Saturday, amid growing international pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro to put out the worst blazes in years.   Read more »

As Amazon burns, Brazil's Bolsonaro tells rest of world not to interfere

Anthony Boadle and Stephen Eisenhammer, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 23 01:56 PM

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO - Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday admitted farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze but told foreign powers not to interfere. Read more »

Brazil lacks resources to fight Amazon fires: Bolsonaro

Anthony Boadle and Stephen Eisenhammer, Reuters
Posted at Aug 23 07:32 AM

The Brazilian government lacks the resources to fight a record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest, President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday, weeks after telling donors he did not need their money. Read more »

UN, France raise concern over Amazon wildfires 'crisis'

Giovanna Fleitas and Jorge Svartzman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 23 07:12 AM

France and the United Nations called Thursday for the protection of the fire-plagued Amazon rainforest as Brazil's right-wing president blamed NGOs for promoting an "environmental psychosis" to damage the country's interests. Read more »

Igniting global outrage, Brazil's Bolsonaro baselessly blames NGOs for Amazon fires

Anthony Boadle and Gabriel Stargardter, Reuters
Posted at Aug 22 07:59 AM

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused non-governmental organizations of burning down the Amazon rainforest to hurt his government, as a growing global outcry against the wildfires raged through social media. Read more »

Without evidence, Bolsonaro claims NGOs could be burning the Amazon

Eduardo Simões, Reuters
Posted at Aug 21 11:51 PM

Bolsonaro's comments are likely to enrage critics, who have become increasingly concerned by his administration's attitudes toward the Amazon rainforest. Read more »

Amazon burning: Brazil reports record forest fires

Lisandra Paraguassu, Reuters
Posted at Aug 21 12:33 PM

BRASILIA - Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil's space research center INPE, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy. Read more »

Brazil's Bolsonaro makes waves with dictatorship remarks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 06:36 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday questioned the credibility of a truth commission that investigated human rights abuses under the country's brutal military dictatorship, suggesting it was politically influenced by the left.  Read more »

Not kosher: Israel embassy in Brazil mocked over lunch photo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 09 07:59 AM

BRASILIA, Brazil - A bungled attempt to alter a photo of Israel's ambassador to Brazil apparently enjoying a lobster lunch with President Jair Bolsonaro has been ridiculed on social media, where users accused the embassy of censoring the non-kosher shellfish. Read more »

Bolsonaro's decree allows millions of Brazilians to carry guns

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 09 11:35 PM

Truckers, lawyers and politicians are among millions of Brazilians eligible to carry loaded weapons in public under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's decree relaxing gun laws that experts say is unconstitutional and will fuel deadly violence. Read more »

At least 8 dead as cops raid Rio slum amid sharp rise in killings by police

Reuters
Posted at May 07 07:57 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO - At least eight people died when police raided a drug-scarred Rio de Janeiro neighborhood on Monday, amid a sharp jump in police killing of suspected criminals in the state that underlines the tough new security measures favored by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. Read more »

Brazil president suffers suspected pneumonia: doctors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 07:48 AM

SAO PAULO - Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro had a fever and possible pneumonia, his doctors said Thursday, 10 days after the far-right leader underwent surgery on the stomach wound he suffered when stabbed last year. Read more »

Cuba celebrates 60 years of revolution amid challenges and change

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 07:55 AM

Cuba, long a source of inspiration for leftist Latin American governments, celebrated the 60th anniversary of its revolution on Tuesday facing increasing isolation in a region dominated by a resurgent right.  Read more »

Brazil's new far-right leader puts crime in his sights

Louis Genot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 01 03:29 PM

Jair Bolsonaro, the 63-year-old former paratrooper and veteran lawmaker is openly nostalgic for the 1964-1985 military dictatorship that imposed calm in the streets. Read more »