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Aug 6, 2024 | 
brasildefatorj.com.br | Murilo Pajolla |Ana Rocha
The Brazilian insurance company Essor, part of the giant French reinsurance group Scor, sold agribusiness insurance for the illegal cultivation of soy within the Monte Caseros Indigenous Land, in the towns of Ibiraiaras and Muliterno, both in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.
The sale was subsidized by the Rural Insurance Premium Subsidy Program (PSR, in Portuguese), an initiative through which the federal government subsidizes part of insurance purchases with public money.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Murilo Pajolla |Ana Rocha
The Brazilian insurance company Essor, part of the giant French reinsurance group Scor, sold agribusiness insurance for the illegal cultivation of soy within the Monte Caseros Indigenous Land, in the towns of Ibiraiaras and Muliterno, both in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. The sale was subsidized by the Rural Insurance Premium Subsidy Program (PSR, in Portuguese), an initiative through which the federal government subsidizes part of insurance purchases with public money.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
brasildefatorj.com.br | Murilo Pajolla |Ana Rocha
In the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, 23.8% of its total area is coveted by the mining sector, corresponding to twice the size of Portugal and 20 times the size of the city of São Paulo. Among those interested are transnational companies, miners’ cooperatives and even relatives of local politicians.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Murilo Pajolla |Ana Rocha
In the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, 23.8% of its total area is coveted by the mining sector, corresponding to twice the size of Portugal and 20 times the size of the city of São Paulo. Among those interested are transnational companies, miners’ cooperatives and even relatives of local politicians.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Murilo Pajolla |Ana Rocha
A MapBiomas study released on Wednesday (26) revealed that the area covered by water in Brazil decreased by 1.5% in 2023, compared to the historical average recorded since 1985. The Pantanal biome suffered a drastic reduction in its water surface: it dried up the most proportionally in 2023, with a 61% decrease compared to the historical average recorded since 1985. One of the largest continuous wetlands on the planet, the Pantanal biome faced severe wildfires in 2024.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Murilo Pajolla |Ana Rocha
Dario Kopenawa, a leader in the Yanomami Indigenous Land, describes a serious public health situation. "[In Indigenous communities] Children are being born without arms. That’s already happening. Women suffer from urinary tract infections. They have neurological problems, which make people a bit upset. Some children have already died," he told Brasil de Fato in April 2024.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Murilo Pajolla |Ana Rocha
On June 5, 2022, . They were Bruno Pereira, an Indigenous affairs expert with the National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples (FUNAI, in Portuguese), who was then on leave, and Dom Phillips, a British journalist who was in the region to write a book.
Ten days later, the two men’s remains were found in the middle of the forest, with the crucial help of the Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley (Univaja, in Portuguese), an organization for which Bruno worked.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
brasildefatorj.com.br | Murilo Pajolla |Ana Rocha
It's the first time Álvaro Azevedo returns to his home after the intense floods which are considered the worst climate tragedy in Rio Grande do Sul. The radiology technician looks sadly at the destroyed, muddy and overturned furniture.
Asked how he felt, Álvaro directs his outrage at politics. “Minimal state, maximum tragedy,” he sums up. The town of Eldorado do Sul, where he lives, was almost completely submerged by water.
“The minimal state allowed mud to reach my house.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Murilo Pajolla |Ana Rocha
It's the first time Álvaro Azevedo returns to his home after the intense floods which are considered the worst climate tragedy in Rio Grande do Sul. The radiology technician looks sadly at the destroyed, muddy and overturned furniture.
Asked how he felt, Álvaro directs his outrage at politics. “Minimal state, maximum tragedy,” he sums up. The town of Eldorado do Sul, where he lives, was almost completely submerged by water.
“The minimal state allowed mud to reach my house.
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May 27, 2024 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Murilo Pajolla |Ana Rocha
At Canoas City Hall's Popular Restaurant, in the Estância Velha neighborhood, 300 marmitas (lunch meals distributed in foam or aluminum food containers) produced by the Landless Workers' Movement (MST, in Portuguese) were distributed in less than an hour during lunch on Wednesday (22).
“These marmitas are a lifeline. If it weren't for this now, we'd starve to death," says Álvaro Carlos da Silva, one of the first people in line at the distribution point.
