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Jail is justice — but Brazil’s far right is far from finished.

To uproot Bolsonarismo, the left must dismantle the conditions that allowed authoritarianism to flourish.

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Immigrants Fought Portugal’s Fires. The Far Right Lit a Different One.

As migrant brigades risked their lives, André Ventura rolled up his sleeves for Instagram.

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Portugal’s Disinformation Problem Is About Power, Not Migrants

False claims about migrants are spreading faster than truth. This isn’t about schools or services. It’s about who gets to control the story.

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Private Forests, Public Flames: Portugal's Deadly Fire Cycle

How decades of forest policy turned private profit into public catastrophe.

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COP30: Recycling the Rhetoric, Dumping the People

While world leaders rehearse speeches about saving the Amazon, Brazil is quietly preparing to bury its climate shame—literally—on top of quilombola communities. Welcome to COP30. Don’t forget your biodegradable lanyard.

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Racing Toward the Abyss: Climate Fiction or Contemporary Reality?

In Ignácio de Loyola Brandão’s "And Still the Earth," Brazil’s descent into environmental and social ruin was fiction in 1981. Now, it reads like an accelerated prophecy of the Anthropocene.