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COMMENT: How Brazil's judiciary stood up to authoritarian threat
The prosecution of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and seven co-conspirators marks the coming of age of Brazilian democracy.
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Brazil dismisses US trade concerns over Bolsonaro conviction
Brazilian officials have downplayed suggestions that former president Jair Bolsonaro's conviction would complicate trade negotiations with the US, while President Lula challenged the US' characterisation of the trial as a "witch hunt".
Extreme poverty falling steadily – OWID
To track progress towards ending extreme poverty, the United Nations relies on World Bank estimates of the number of people living below a poverty threshold called the “International Poverty Line” (IPL), Our World in Data (OWID) reports.
Lukewarm support for Polish UN vote condemning Russian drone incursion
Only 46 out of 193 UN member states signed a joint UN declaration on September 12, denouncing Russia’s alleged involvement in a drone incursion into Polish airspace two days earlier.
World GDP forecasts raised, but US slowdown anticipated - Fitch
Global growth is now forecast to be 2.4% in 2025, up 0.2pp since June but a sizeable slowdown from 2.9% last year and below trend.
Brazil’s Supreme Court jails Bolsonaro for 27 years over coup plot
Brazil’s Supreme Court has sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison after convicting him of attempting to overturn the result of the country’s 2022 election.
This year's historic heatwaves largely caused by 180 "carbon majors" - study
More than a quarter of over 200 heat waves recorded globally since 2000 were impossible without human-driven climate change, with emissions from the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies playing a significant role.
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Brazil's Supreme Court convicts Bolsonaro of coup plot
Brazil's Supreme Court has convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro of orchestrating a coup plot following his electoral defeat in 2022, an unprecedented verdict against a former Brazilian leader.
Legal cocaine and oil ban could save the Amazon, says Colombia’s president
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called for ending petroleum extraction in the Amazon region and legalising cocaine production to preserve the world's largest tropical rainforest
Brazil’s Moraes demands Bolsonaro conviction in first Supreme Court vote
Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has called for former president Jair Bolsonaro's conviction on five criminal charges, including attempted coup d'état, during the first day of deliberations in Brazil's historic coup trial.
Amazon bets on Rappi to take on MercadoLibre in Latam
Amazon has acquired a stake in Colombian delivery platform Rappi through a $25mn convertible note, gearing up to challenge MercadoLibre's dominance across Latin America's booming e-commerce landscape.
The rise of the Southern Consensus
It’s increasingly looking like a clash of civilisations, isn’t it? In the last 24 hours there was yet another Global South summit where the collective leaders of the world’s biggest countries gathered to show unity in the face of US aggression.
Xi and Putin to join BRICS emergency talks on US trade measures
Brazil's President Lula rallies leaders from emerging economies for a virtual meeting to find a coordinated response to aggressive US trade measures.
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EU pushes trade pacts with Mexico and Mercosur
The European Union has thrown its weight behind two major Latin American trade agreements, formally launching the ratification process for deals with Mercosur and Mexico despite sustained resistance from agricultural nations and farmers.
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Volkswagen's dark Brazilian chapter ends in $30mn court ruling
Volkswagen's Brazilian unit has been ordered to pay $30mn after a court found it had subjected hundreds of workers to slavery-like conditions at an Amazon cattle ranch in the 1970s-80s.
BRICS leaders gather in China to coordinate anti-Trump alliance
The EU’s 27 foreign ministers will debate seizing Russia’s frozen $200bn at an informal gathering in Copenhagen, as the leading BRICS nations gathered in Beijing to form a common strategy to deal with US trade aggression on August 30.
Brazil tightens surveillance of Bolsonaro as coup trial approaches
Brazilian authorities have imposed round-the-clock police monitoring of former president Jair Bolsonaro amid warnings he represents a "concrete flight risk" ahead of his trial on coup-related charges.
US EPA’s controversial Climate Crisis report is full of lies and mistakes
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a controversial report in July claiming the effects of the Climate Crisis were overblown. A fact check by Carbon Brief found it is full of lies and errors.
Mapping global drought risk - Statista
By 2050, more than 1.6bn people, including almost 20% of the African population, will be exposed to severe and extreme droughts, if a pessimistic scenario plays out, according to a report by INFORM Climate Change.
Forest carbon credits are facing a reckoning over albedo risks
Planting trees should reduce the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere right? Well, its not so easy as that. Trees also provide shade and prevent sunlight from reaching the ground that could reflect it back into space, cooling the plant.