America Brazil With deforestation in the Amazon increasing by a 75,6% rate, climate advocates like Sebastião and Lélia Salgado are taking action: the couple planted over 2 million trees in 20 years and managed to restore a complete forest on a bare hill
America Brazil Regardless of President Jair Bolsonaro’s objections, the country officially began vaccinating children aged five to eleven
America Brazil The country’s northern region is currently suffering from the most severe floods that have ever taken place - approximately 15.119 people have been displaced and 6.371 have been left homeless
America Brazil A number of supermarkets across Europe have decided to no longer sell Brazilian beef products that are linked to the state’s illegal deforestation
America Brazil One million Amazon River Turtles were released at the Brazil-Bolivia border as an attempt to battle against the extinction of the species
America Brazil The ongoing drought has caused an estimated 8% drop in agriculture and a 9.8% decrease in the export of goods and services, consequently causing the state to officially enter a recessionary period
America Brazil The government is discussing with Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, the possibility of using satellite technology to monitor the Amazon’s deforestation and fires, as well as bring internet connectivity to rural areas and indigenous communities
America Brazil Despite the nation’s COP26 promises, Amazon deforestation hits a new monthly record with a 5% increase with respect to last year, mainly due to mining and farming activities
America Brazil Economic turmoil overtakes as the nation’s inflation rate reaches double digits, with inflation predictor at the highest in 26 years
America Brazil The nation’s senators have voted to endorse charging President Jair Bolsonaro over his mismanaging of the Covid-19 pandemic
America Brazil This month the Central Bank used contractionary monetary policy in order to raise interest rates by one percent to tame the nation’s rising inflation; this is the most the country’s Central Bank has increased interest rates in the past 18 years
America Brazil Supporters of the opposition united to protest against president Jair Bolsonaro on the streets this week, demanding once again his impeachment mostly for the rise in fuel prices and his alleged mishandling of the pandemic
America Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro stated at the UN general assembly last week that Brazil will anticipate from 2060 to 2050 the objective of achieving climate neutrality