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Greenpeace vs JBS: Defending the Forest, Defending Democracy
Greenpeace Wins Landmark Case Against JBS in Brazil, a Victory for Protest and the Amazon.
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Brazil’s Biggest Bank, Your Smallest Move: The Rise of Algorithmic Firing
When Brazil’s biggest bank posts record profits but sacks staff for “idle screens,” what does productivity even mean?
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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.
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Angola's Revolution Ate Its Own Kids and Now They're Pissed
How Africa's oil-rich liberation heroes became the villains of their own story.
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Love Kills: Why Brazil's women are safer on the streets than at home
How a country with progressive laws became a graveyard for women.
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Brazilian Karen Tries to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Democracy, Gets Arrested Instead
./run_coup.sh: permission denied
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Evangelism by Drone: The Covert War for the Amazon’s Indigenous Souls
Welcome to the future of evangelism: solar-powered Jesus phones and surveillance drones targeting the world's most isolated communities.