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

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The Truth Behind Musk v. Brazil

Michael Kwet / Truthdig Nov 18, 2024 The Brazilian government’s position on social media threatens the left that brought it to power. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Media

NYT’s Bad Reporting Used by GOP to Attack Brazilian Democracy

Brian Mier / FAIR May 15, 2024 To fit its narrative of Brazil’s judicial overreach, the paper cherry-picked government documents. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Technology

Elon Musk Continues to Oppose a Democratized Internet

Ari Paul / FAIR Apr 12, 2024 The billionaire's so-called battle for free speech is really about leveraging social media to reshape global politics in favor of the right. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )