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Smoke and flames rise from an illegally lit fire in Amazon rainforest reserve, south of Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil, on August 15, 2020.

Brazil's Controversial Environment Minister Has Quit. What Does It Mean for the Amazon?

Ricardo Salles was nicknamed "the terminator" for his destructive policies

Aerial view of burnt areas of the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.

Biden Wants a Deal with Brazil’s Far-Right President to Protect the Amazon. But Can Bolsonaro Be Trusted?

“The U.S. should not strike an agreement with the federal government becaus...

“The U.S. should not strike an agreement with the federal government because it won’t be fulfilled”

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazils president, gestures during a bill signing ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.

Brazil's Bolsonaro Denied COVID-19 Was a Problem. Now He's Embracing Vaccines. Here's What Changed

Analysts say it is politics, not a record death toll, that is driving Bolso...

Analysts say it is politics, not a record death toll, that is driving Bolsonaro’s attempt to rebrand his pandemic leadership

Cemetery workers in protective suits carry the coffin of a person who died of Covid-19 at Nossa Senhora Aparecida Cemetery in Manaus on Jan.15

A New Strain of COVID-19 Is Being Blamed for a Surge in Cases in Brazil. Here's What to Know

Fears the new strain could overcome antibodies and reinfect patients have l...

Fears the new strain could overcome antibodies and reinfect patients have little evidence behind them

Clébio Ferreira, 36, founder of Quilombaque in the Perus neighborhood of São Paulo on Dec. 5, 2020.

How Black Brazilians Are Looking to a Slavery-Era Form of Resistance to Fight Racial Injustice Today

A dozen people are dancing around a bonfire in a yard between two large war...

A dozen people are dancing around a bonfire in a yard between two large warehouses in São Paulo. It’s early November and members of Quilombaque—a Black community hub in Perus, a poor neighborhood on the...

The fires in August 2019 were not limited to private land but also broke out in protected areas, including the Jacundá National Forest in Rondônia.

Could a Biden Administration Help Save the Amazon Rainforest?

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro has resisted global attempts to slow deforestation

An aerial view in Pocone, Brazil, of smoke rising during a fire in the Pantanal wetlands on Sept. 24, 2020.

Brazil Is Burning—and President Bolsonaro’s ‘Terminator’ Environment Minister Is Rolling Back More Protections

Letícia Larcher has had a tough year. As technical coordinator at a conserv...

Letícia Larcher has had a tough year. As technical coordinator at a conservation institute in western Brazil’s vast Pantanal wetlands, Larcher has spent 2020 dealing with a record spate of wildfires which have destroyed a...