Americas

On the Ballot in Brazil: The Future of the Amazon

Seth Millstein / Sentient Sep 10, 2026 If Flávio Bolsonaro becomes president, he could reinstate his father’s policies and reverse Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s course corrections. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

The World Is Getting Too Hot to Feed Itself

Ayurella Horn-Muller / Grist Apr 28, 2026 A new U.N. report maps how extreme heat is tearing through every layer of the global food system — and mostly overlooks the people at the heart of it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Activism

After COP30, Indigenous Advocates Celebrate Gains While Warning of Unfinished Work

Anita Hofschneider / Grist Dec 8, 2025 “They can’t decide for us without us.” Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

10 Years After the Paris Agreement, World Leaders Are Abandoning Its Most Famous Goal

Zoya Teirstein / Grist Nov 24, 2025 This year's U.N. climate negotiations crashed out on a hard truth: It’s all about the money. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Environment

The Problem With COP30’s Big Rainforest Initiative

Frida Garza, Miacel Spotted Elk / Grist Nov 18, 2025 The latest attempt to curb extraction in the Amazon still ties the ‘value’ of critical ecosystems to financial markets. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South

Geoff Dembicki / DeSmog Nov 4, 2025 With Brazil about to host COP30, evidence emerges of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Environment

COP30 Countdown: Challenging Green Capitalism in the Americas

Sabrina Fernandes, Breno Bringel / NACLA Aug 29, 2025 A series of stories makes the case that the Amazon cannot be reduced to a carbon sink for the Global North or a market for green finance. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Film

Post-Catholic Brazil 101

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jul 17, 2025 Petra Costa’s Netflix documentary offers a superficial account of the rise of evangelical Christianity in modern Brazil. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Shaped by an Absence

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jan 24, 2025 Brazilian director Walter Salles turns a political disappearance into shattering drama with the Oscar-nominated “I’m Still Here.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Carter’s Focus on Human Rights Changed the Global South

James North / Truthdig Dec 30, 2024 Through policy, pressure and negotiation, the late president's effort were both immediate and, sometimes, lasting. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

The Road to Nowhere

Monica Piccinini / The Ecologist Dec 19, 2024 BR-319 is a highway to climate chaos in the heart of the Amazon. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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Photo Essay: The Murder of Chief Merong

Allen Myers / Truthdig Nov 27, 2024 The Amazon rainforest is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be an Indigenous water and land protector. Dig deeper