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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMarina Silva: “the fires in the Amazon are a crime against humanity”democraciaAbierta was at a conference with the Brazilian former minister and environmental activist Marina Silva in...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe myths about Pinochet's Chile that persist in Brazil todayIt is customary among neoliberal economists to praise Pinochet's Chile and consider it an economic model to aspire...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLeaked documents show Brazil’s Bolsonaro has grave plans for Amazon rainforestdemocraciaAbierta has seen a PowerPoint presentation that shows that Bolsonaro’s government intends to use hate...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazil’s democracy under threat – the attack against universities as a space for critical thinkingDemocracy in Brazil is hanging by a thread. The government’s ideologues are not only trying to silence all critical...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaResilience in the aftermath of Brazil’s deadly dam collapseIn the small mining town of Brumadinho, the Córrego do Feijão tailings dam owned by Vale, the largest iron ore...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFascism in Brazil thrives on creating enemies“We feel profound repulsion towards those who are not Brazilian” said Bolsonaro, referring to foreign NGOs that work...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMinister Weintraub and the metamorphosis of BrazilThe rule of law is deteriorating in Brazil before our eyes, and in some North-Eastern states such as Pará, it is...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhat hides behind Bolsonaro’s project for the Brazilian Amazon?PowerPoint slides used during a government meeting in Pará this year confirm that the current government intends to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaJoane: Plastic is killing us in the AmazonThis young Brazilian activist fights for a better future in her village in the Brazilian Amazon. Her story is the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDrica: Resistance in the quilombos of the Trombetas RiverThis Brazilian activist is responsible for an association of 6 afro-Brazilian communities that face the threat of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDani: LGBT+ and environmental activism in the Tapajós National ForestDani, an activist who fights to preserve the Brazilian jungle and for LGBT rights within her community, is the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEdnei: This is Maró Indigenous LandThe communities of the Brazil's Amazonian face challenges due to aggressive industrial activities, today encouraged...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaA life fighting against hydroelectricityIndigenous people from the south of the Brazilian rainforest have mobilised to prevent 138 hydroelectricity plants...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#VazaJato in Brazil: Sergio Moro, political pawn of the far rightInformation recently leaked by The Intercept Brazil has provided evidence of the political plot of Sergio Moro and...
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Published in: HomeBrazil’s conservative revolutionNow it is Bolsonaro’s turn to shut down courses in philosophy and sociology, ostensibly to privilege "areas that...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazil’s failed war on drugs revisitedBolsonaro campaigned on promises “to kill at least 30.000 people” to make Brazil safe for his followers and, to this...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Sociology and philosophy under threat in Brazil – a petitionThe recent measures against sociology and philosophy in public universities that have been announced by the minister...
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy Brazil's permanent austerity policy is harming its economic futureThe new ‘expenditure ceiling’ introduced in Brazil will lead to dramatic spending cuts and rising social inequalities.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaJuan Tokatlian: "We are a region adrift in global affairs".The crisis in Venezuela and Jair Bolsonaro's access to power coincide with Latin America's slide towards gradual...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhat dam collapses in Europe can tell BrazilThe changes in environmental legalisation to hold the companies accountable is one of the lessons from the European...
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