Brazil polls: Commentators cautiously welcome Lula win; say hard work on Amazon begins now

Workers’s Party’s Lula may be president but Brazilian Congress still dominated by right-wing Bolsonaro supporters

Brazil polls: Lula can win but 2023 to be difficult for country, say experts

The erstwhile Lula administration’s successful welfare and cash-transfer policies from 2003-2010, are the former president’s greatest …

Lula’s comeback is a second chance for Brazil’s poorest

If he wants to leave a long-standing legacy to Brazilians in this third (and possibly final) term in office, Lula will have to restore Bolsa Fam&…

‘Legislated genocide’: Brazil’s new bill restricting recognition of tribal land sparks massive protests

Law will be devastating for indigenous rights, increase illegal deforestation, biodiversity loss, violence against forest dwellers, say experts &…

Growing BRICS alliance signals break in western hegemony, call for fairness in climate action

Johannesburg II Declaration called for attention to economic vulnerabilities in emerging economies  

President Lula calls Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 actions ‘genocide’, to reinstate Bolsa Familia

Veteran leftist leader aims for zero deforestation in the Amazon; zero greenhouse gas emissions in electricity matrix  

Brazil Congress votes to dilute ministries of environment, Indigenous rights’ powers

First clash of President Lula with conservative Congress as lawmakers vote 15-3 to restructure ministries back to Bolsonaro-era 

Do welfare schemes catch votes?

Governments in power in the four major states that went to polls were running similar schemes, but not all registered a win

Drought in the Amazon: Understanding the causes and the need for an immediate action plan to save the biome

Only with coordinated and decisive action will we be able to mitigate the impacts of drought in the Amazon and protect this unique ecosystem that …

Why Bolsonaro failed to overthrow democracy – and why a threat remains

Although Bolsonaro is currently ineligible to stand for office, a political comeback is not unimaginable should democratic institutions fail to …

Brazil to go in for second round of voting after Lula fails to win outright

Incumbent Jair Bolsonaro is widely expected to win the second round on October 30

(Electoral) promises to keep

Political parties have released ‘promises’ in the run-up to elections in 5 states; Will voters buy them?

COP28 diary (December 2): G7 countries agree to phase out coal by 2030, announces French President Emmanuel Macron

Over $12 billion pledged for Green Climate Fund; 118 countries commit to tripling renewable and double energy efficiency by 2030

COP27 diary (November 16): ‘$100 billion in climate finance more of gesture from rich countries’

A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit