Brazil - Diplomatico

New Cocoa Cultivars May Offer Hope Against Witches' Broom Disease in Brazil

Innovative cocoa cultivars could provide resistance to witches' broom disease, which has severely impacted cocoa production in southern Bahia since the 1990s.

Editorial Staff 7 days ago

World North America

Concerns Grow as Brazil Continues to Issue Mining Licenses Amid Gold Laundering Allegations

Despite ongoing investigations into illegal gold laundering linked to mercury contamination, the Brazilian government persists in granting mining licenses in the Amazon, impacting Indigenous communities.

Editorial Staff Updated 12 days ago

Entertainment Film & TV

‘Amazon of America’: film paints vision of a post-coup Brazil giving up rainforest

Vitória Régia imagines rightwing Bolsonaro plot succeeded with US help – and highlights threats facing Indigenous peoples.

Editorial Staff 16 days ago

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New Cocoa Cultivars May Offer Hope Against Witches' Broom Disease in Brazil

Concerns Grow as Brazil Continues to Issue Mining Licenses Amid Gold Laundering Allegations

‘Amazon of America’: film paints vision of a post-coup Brazil giving up rainforest