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16 Dec 2022 2 minute read

The threats and promises game

Leonardo Sakamoto on Brazil’s vote-buying scandals.

Candomblé members dance and sing at a religious festival in Saubara, Brazil, 12 June 2020. THALES ANTÔNIO/ALAMY

2 Dec 2022 3 minute read

A new era under Lula?

From an increase in religious freedom to protection of the Amazon, there are high hopes for Brazil’s returning president....

A person draped in the Brazilian flag during a demonstration. They stand with their back to the camera and wear a blue baseball cap.

27 Oct 2022 2 minute read

Does Brazil support democracy?

Authoritarians have been embraced in a country where public opinion is in favour of democracy. Leonardo Sakamoto...

Photo of Mauricio Ye’kuana, a Brazilian Indigenous leader and Treasurer of the Hutukara Yanomami Association (HAY), who work to protect Yanomami and Ye’kuana communities in the Brazilian Amazon

23 Aug 2022 4 minute read

The violence of Brazil's 'wildcat' gold mining

Indigenous activist Mauricio Ye’kuana speaks on the dangerous fight to protect his people’s land.

Jair Bolsonaro holds his hand up, pointing. He wears a blue shirt and a black glove. He is above a crowd of people holding up hands or their mobile phones to take photos.

15 Aug 2022 2 minute read

Will Bolsonaro’s spending spree leave any winners?

With an election looming, Jair Bolsonaro has set an economic timebomb for Brazil, writes Leonardo Sakamoto...

4 Jul 2022 2 minute read

Shooting the messenger

Leonardo Sakamoto on the journalists the Brazilian establishment loves to hate.

6 Apr 2021 3 minute read

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Racism’s deadly cycle

Leonardo Sakamoto on his country's lethal pattern of racism.

29 Mar 2022 1 minute read

‘Our culture is vanishing’

In the Amazon rainforest, remote communities descended from enslaved African people, are taking on the palm oil production...

17 Mar 2022 3 minute read

Hall of infamy

Jair Bolsonaro: viciousness and vulgarity in Brazil.

16 Feb 2022 3 minute read

The gathering storm

Leo Sakamoto laments the dawn of the climate era – and worries for the fate of the most vulnerable.

The Brazilian president's pandemic policies ranged from discouraging social distancing to opposing the use of masks and promoting drugs like chloroquine which are useless in treating the disease. Palácio do Planalto/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

7 Dec 2021 3 minute read

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Hunger in the world’s breadbasket

Leonardo Sakamoto tracks the scandalous rise of hunger in Brazil.

10 Nov 2021 5 minute read

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The interview: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Leo Sakamoto speaks to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former president and favourite to...

11 Oct 2021 3 minute read

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Dry taps and blackouts

Leo Sakamoto fears a drought as Brazil’s long-brewing water crisis hits home.

24 Aug 2021 3 minute read

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Slavery beef, anyone?

From slavery to mass deforestation, Leonardo Sakamoto highlights the devastating impact of cattle ranching...

Playground for the rich: Brazil now has 20 more billionaires than last year, up from 45 to 65. Credit: Alobos Life/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

29 Jun 2021 3 minute read

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Breaking records – for the rich and the hungry

Leonardo Sakamoto on hideous wealth and – and poverty.

Searching for sustenance: In Para State, a man moves his furniture in a cart after struggling to make rent following food price inflation beginning in 2013. Credit Lalo de Almeida/Folhapress/Panos

16 Jun 2021 3 minute read

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The pandemic has worsened Brazil’s hunger crisis

A recent study suggests that as many as six in ten Brazilians are struggling to put food on the table, reports ...

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