eyesonbrasil After a long period of waiting and hoping, Brazil is finally assuming the presidency of the G20. This historic milestone reflects the country’s growing role on the global stage and the opportunity to lead crucial discussions on economics, politics, and sustainable development. Understand how Brazil is positioning itself as a global leader. At www.eyesonbrasil.com we are…
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Not Visiting Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 27 january 2024– Last year, the organization grouping 54 African nations, became a permanent member of the G20, a group that brings together the world’s 19 richest economies plus the European Union (EU). This year, Brazil chairs the G20 and will host the summit of the group’s heads of state…
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Special forces destroy aircraft and seize weapons in effort to protect largest Indigenous reserve from mining mafias T.Philips The Brazilian government has launched its campaign to drive tens of thousands of illegal miners from the country’s largest Indigenous reserve, with special-forces environmental operatives destroying aircraft and seizing weapons and boats during an operation deep in…
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eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, nov 30th 2023– Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) issued a ruling opening the door to criminalizing journalistic work, according to sources in Brasilia. As per the new rationale, the media can be held legally responsible for the publication of interviews with people who falsely attribute crimes to third parties and such a doctrine is to…
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Production at Brazil’s state-run Petrobras hit close to four million barrels a day in this quarter, according to its chief executive officer, Jean-Paul Prates. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Prates said Petrobras began producing oil in 1953 with just shy of three thousand barrels a day. “Today, @petrobras produces more than a thousand…
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In mining, mercury is usually used for gold separation Bruna Alves From São Paulo to BBC News Brazil Illegal mines, which use excess mercury to enable the separation of gold from other sediments, cause the contamination of fish, the death of rivers, the removal of vegetation cover and, consequently, the escape of animals. All this…
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Lula, the president of Brazil, speaks to his minister of Indigenous peoples, Sonia Guajajara, at the Amazon summit. Photograph: Ricardo Stuckert/Brazilian presidency/AFP/Getty Eight South American presidents including Brazil’s Lula say rich countries need to pledge more resources to help protect rainforest Tom Phillips in Belém, Patrick Greenfield and agencies Amazon leaders have called on rich…
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AFPDemonstrators, including indigenous people from Amazon countries, marched in Belém on Tuesday as the summit kicked off By Katy Watson in Belém, Brazil & Christy Cooney in London BBC News The eight countries that share the Amazon basin have fallen short of an agreed goal to end deforestation. Delegates from the countries are meeting in…
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We mean: Really? eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, July 27, 2023– The fierce discussion about the fires in the Brazilian rainforest these weeks is reminiscent of one of the classic theorems in environmental science: The Tragedy of the Commons. In a much-cited 1968 article, American philosopher and biologist Garett Hardin discusses that commonly shared resources are at risk…
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