January 2021
Brazil's Bolsonaro sent soldiers to curb deforestation of the Amazon
The strategy of using the military to police environmental protection has largely failed.
- Terrence McCoy and Heloísa Traiano
June 2020
Funds managers pressure Brazil over Amazon
Institutional investors managing about $5.3 trillion in assets want Brazil to abandon a proposal they say will add to deforestation and violate the rights of indigenous groups in the Amazon.
- Frances Schwartzkopff
August 2019
For Brazil's Bolsonaro, culture war is the only one worth fighting
This President plans to tackle ravaging crime by making guns more readily available – like many of his other ideas, it's one many Brazilians are keen on.
- Andres Schipani
Bolsonaro walks back rejection of Amazon fire aid
The climate sceptic Brazilian president had initially rejected a $40 million aid package from G7 nations, instead escalating a personal feud with French president Emmanuel Macron.
- Terrence McCoy and Marina Lopes
World leaders tiptoe around testy Trump after trade tirade
French President Emmanuel Macron puts on the kid gloves to avoid a blow-up at the make-or-break G7 summit.
- Hans van Leeuwen
The sky never goes dark while the Amazon burns
Fires are burning across the Amazon, blotting out the sun, tearing through the vast rainforest that is one of the planet's green lungs.
- Jake Spring