The pandemic did not kill nationalist populism – just look at Brazil’s election
Jair Bolsonaro has run Lula surprisingly close in the first round of the presidential vote, piling on the pressure ahead…
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What Brazil’s presidential election means for the Amazon rainforest
Rampant deforestation under the country’s current president Jair Bolsonaro has turned Brazil into the world’s sixth-largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
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Lula vs Bolsonaro: Brazil’s 2022 presidential election explained
The race to be the next president of Latin America’s biggest country could hardly be more polarised.
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Brazil’s dangers for environmental defenders cost my friend Dom Phillips his life
The journalist was researching a book called How to Save the Amazon when he and a colleague were murdered.
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The Brazilian landscapes of Frans Post capture the dismal dawn of the colonial age
The 17th-century Dutch artist was the first professional painter to record the New World – and the view was far…
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Gabriel Boric and Latin America’s new pink tide
Left-wing governments are being elected across Latin America, but they face the threat of a rejuvenated and authoritarian right.
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Latin America’s new pink tide faces a difficult balancing act
A wave of left-wing victories in the region doesn’t guarantee sweeping social progress
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Bolsonaro can’t end deforestation in the Amazon – even if he wants to
Ending deforestation would alienate the president’s base at a time when he needs its support more than ever.
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