Tag: Bolsonaro
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Indigenous Amazon Reservation Invaded by 20,000 Miners, Bolsonaro Does Nothing
Bolsonaro stands by and watches as 20,000 gold miners rush onto Brazil’s largest indigenous reserve, clear-cutting, polluting rivers and spreading malaria
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Deforestation in Brazil is Up 88% Under New President Bolsonaro
Deforestation of Brazil’s portion of the Amazon rainforest is now happening at nearly double the rate it was last year, as Bolsonaro delivers on campaign promises.
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Brazil’s New President Hands Amazon Over to Agribusiness His First Day in Office
Bolsonaro signs order opening rainforest to agriculture and mining, telling tribal people to integrate or “disappear”
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Brazil’s New President Openly Threatens Genocide of Indigenous Amazonians
Along with his pledge to sell off their rainforest home to agribusiness and mining, Bolsonaro has said openly “minorities will have to adapt … or simply disappear”