The fires scorching the Amazon come amid growing concern that Brazil’s weakening environmental policies could jeopardize the country’s trade and foreign relations.
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Fires in Amazon Rain Forest Have Surged This Year
The fires, most of which have been set by farmers clearing their land, are raging in uninhabited areas of rain forest and intruding on populated areas in the country’s north.
We Wanted to Know How Online Radicalization Was Changing the World. We Started With Brazil.
What we found there, for an article and an episode of “The Weekly,” went far beyond anything we had anticipated, with important, disturbing lessons for us all.
How YouTube Radicalized Brazil
YouTube built its business on keeping users hooked. This has been a gift to extremist groups. An investigation in the company’s second-biggest market found serious consequences.
What Is YouTube Pushing You to Watch Next?
A New TV Show from The New York Times on FX and Hulu
Bolsonaro Fires Head of Agency Tracking Amazon Deforestation in Brazil
The president claimed a government monitoring agency had released deforestation data with the intent to harm Brazil’s image abroad, a decision that incited protests from environmental organizations.
4 More Inmates Die in Brazil After Deadly Prison Clash
The authorities did not reveal the motive for the clash, only confirming that it was a fight between criminal groups, a day after 58 inmates were killed by a rival gang.
Under Brazil’s Far Right Leader, Amazon Protections Slashed and Forests Fall
Cutting down trees at the current rate could lead to runaway deforestation, environmentalists say. But President Bolsonaro is sticking to his promise to curb enforcement.
Miners Kill Indigenous Leader in Brazil During Invasion of Protected Land
Land invasions in indigenous territories are on the rise across Brazil. Indigenous leaders say they regularly come under threat by miners, loggers and farmers.
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil President, Says His Phones Were Hacked
The scheme has called into question the fairness of high-profile prosecutions in the wide-ranging corruption investigation known as Car Wash.