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Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50m for damage to Amazon

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 2 days ago - 09:48

Brazil court freezes assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay climate compensation for illegal deforestation

A Brazilian cattle rancher has been ordered to pay more than $50m (£39m) for destroying part of the Amazon rainforest and ordered to restore the precious carbon sink.

Last week, a federal court in Brazil froze the assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay compensation for the damage he had caused to the climate through illegal deforestation. The case was brought by Brazil’s attorney general’s office, representing the Brazilian institute of environment and renewable natural resources (Ibama). It is the largest civil case brought for climate crimes in Brazil to date and the start of a legal push to repair and deter damage to the rainforest.

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Wild sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine, scientists say

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 4 days ago - 18:38

Latest research shows how illegal drug consumption by humans is harming marine life

Wild sharks off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for cocaine, according to new study by Brazilian scientists, in the latest research to demonstrate how illegal drug consumption by humans is harming marine life.

According to a study entitled Cocaine Shark and published in the journal Science of The Total Environment , scientists dissected the bodies of 13 sharpnose sharks ( Rhizoprionodon lalandii ) caught in fishermen’s nets off a beach in Rio de Janeiro.

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Cocaine sharks: why sea creatures are swimming in drug-tainted waters

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 4 days ago - 13:23

Waste from illegal labs and untreated sewage laced with pharmaceuticals is contaminating the seas off Rio de Janeiro. It’s far from the only place to be affected

Name: Cocaine sharks.

Age: Juvenile and upwards.

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Brazil’s Lula calls on Maduro to respect result of Venezuelan election

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 5 days ago - 18:20

Brazilian leader says he was ‘frightened’ by counterpart’s warnings of ‘bloodbath’ if he loses to Edmundo González

Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has urged Venezuela’s government to respect the result of next Sunday’s election, saying he had been “frightened” by Nicolas Maduro’s warnings of a “bloodbath” if he loses the vote.

After 11 years in power, Venezuela’s authoritarian leader is currently trailing in opinion polls to the opposition candidate, the retired diplomat Edmundo González , and in recent weeks, Maduro and his allies have stepped up their predictions of post-election violence following what they say will be a victory for the ruling party.

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Violence against women in Brazil reaches highest levels on record

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 18 July - 13:07

Brazilian Forum on Public Safety finds every indicator of gender-based violence increased in 2023, including murder, harassment and stalking

For the second year running , Brazil has recorded unprecedented levels of gender-based violence, according to new figures underlining just how unsafe the country is for its women and girls.

The data, released on Thursday in the annual report by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, showed that reported cases of rape rose by 6.5% from the previous year to a historic high of 83,988 – or one every six minutes.

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Crisis at Tres Fronteras: how criminal syndicates threaten Amazon’s future

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 17 July - 13:00

At the lawless triple border between Brazil, Colombia and Peru, drug trafficking, illegal logging and gangs jeopardise the ecological and social fabric of the rainforest

The area of the Amazon where Brazil, Colombia, and Peru meet – referred to as Tres Fronteras (triple frontier) – brims with wildlife and natural resources. It is also a hotbed of illicit activity. Criminal groups are clearing the forest to plant coca and erect laboratories to turn the crop into cocaine. In the process of making coca paste, these labs discharge chemical waste – including acetone, gasoline and sulphuric acid – into rivers and soil.

Increasingly, these outfits are branching into illegal logging, gold dredging and fishing, in part because these activities allow them to launder money made from drug trafficking. These activities compound the environmental harm the groups are inflicting.

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Brazil’s spy agency accused of illegally targeting Bolsonaro’s foes

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 11 July - 20:12

Five arrested in investigation of claims Abin monitored and harassed top public figures and politicians

Brazil’s intelligence agency was illegally weaponised during Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right administration to monitor and harass some of the country’s most important politicians, journalists, judges and environmental officials, federal police have alleged.

Five people were arrested on Thursday as part of a long-running investigation into suspicions that during Bolsonaro’s 2019-22 government the Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (Abin) was used to spy on the president’s political foes.

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Still waters run deep: Latin American Foto festival – in pictures

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 10 July - 06:00

From Quechua rappers to Peruvian ballet dancers, these images showcase the talents of emerging and established photographers from the region

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Pristine forests and grinding poverty: why shouldn’t Brazil’s Amapá state embrace oil wealth?

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 9 July - 09:00

The state’s dilemma sums up a core problem faced by president Lula: how to reconcile environmental commitments with the need for development

The Brazilian state of Amapá is a densely forested chunk of land slightly larger than England and geographically isolated from the rest of Brazil. It has one of the country’s lowest human development indices, and half its population lives in poverty.

“We have the best conservation figures in Brazil , perhaps the world,” says Clécio Luis, Amapá’s governor. “But our people are poor.”