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Dialogo Chino • 24th May 2023

EU-Mercosur trade deal hits new snag over environmental demands

After more than two decades on the negotiating table, the trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc now faces another obstacle: new environmental demands from the EU, with which the Brazilian government appears unwilling to abide, and which even environmentalists have denounced as “greenwash”.

An Amazon indigenous village’s flight from sprawling soy

Photography and reporting for National Geographic Brazil and Diálogo Chino - Mato Grosso state, 2021

Brazilian elections and Jan. 8, New York Times

The New York Times • 11th January 2023

The Moment the Brazil Rioters Broke Through

The invasion of Brazil’s halls of power began with a severe shortfall of security forces.

The New York Times • 13th January 2023

‘We Will Die for Brazil’: How a Far-Right Mob Tried to Oust Lula

The storming of Brazil’s capital failed to overthrow the elected government. But an examination of the attack reveals how extremism is threatening Latin America’s largest democracy.

25th October 2022

How Bolsonaro Built the Myth of Stolen Elections in Brazil

For years, President Jair Bolsonaro has attacked Brazil’s election systems. One of his claims has been that apparent patterns in vote results show proof of fraud.

The New York Times • 31st October 2022

Bolsonaro lost. Will he accept the results?

While the election is over, there remains the concern for the health of one of the world’s biggest democracies.

The New York Times • 30th October 2022

Brazil’s disputed runoff faces ‘spiritual warfare’ for evangelical voters.

As the race between Brazil’s right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, and his leftist challenger, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, tightened, Mr. Bolsonaro and his allies intensified their courting of a voting bloc key to his campaign: evangelical Christians.

3rd October 2022

Brazil Braces for ‘White-Knuckle Race’ Between Bolsonaro and Lula

Supporters gathering in front of President Jair Bolsonaro’s residence in Rio de Janeiro as votes were counted on Sunday.

2nd October 2022

The deforestation of the Amazon is in the electoral spotlight.

The Amazon rainforest in Brazil has experienced sharply increasing levels of illegal deforestation and mining, violence against environmental activists and Indigenous people and a loosening of environmental enforcement under the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro.

2nd October 2022

At the polls, Brazilians show their colors — and help test the voting machines.

At the polls on Sunday in Brazil, picking out whom someone voted for was often as easy as looking at the color of their shirt.

2nd October 2022

Third-party candidates could have a big effect on Sunday’s election outcome.

President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are not the only candidates in Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday.

29th September 2022

Brazil’s Favorite Leftist Is Back From Prison and Trying to Defeat Bolsonaro

Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is trying to cap a stunning political comeback by defeating the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s elections on Sunday.

Podcast: Amazônia Ocupada

Esta série de áudio em cinco episódios viaja pela rodovia BR-163 para explicar o que faz da maior floresta do planeta um atacadão global de madeira, ouro, carne e soja.
Uma produção do Diálogo Chino, com minha coordenação. Links para o Spotify - Setembro, 2022.

This is a five-episode audio series that travels through an Amazonian highway to explain how the region became a large commodities producer and exporter, who are its settlers and why this is driving deforestation of the rainforest . A Diálogo Chino production, under my supervision. Links to Spotify, in Portuguese - September, 2022.