Murder, mercury poisoning and deforestation: the Yanomami people are bearing the brunt of illegal gold mining, which imperils the whole planet in order to enrich a tiny few ft.com/content/49346c…

‘Music is my journey’: Brazil’s Milton Nascimento bids farewell to the stage. His falsetto has been called ‘the voice of God’ and, now 79, Nascimento reflects on Bolsonaro, Ray Charles and an extraordinary life. Lovely piece by Tom Phillips & Caio Barretto Briso theguardian.com/music/2022/may…

Landslides and floods kill at least 30 in northeast Brazil 📝⁦Débora Álvares⁩ apnews.com/article/7a9c2a…

Brazilian Vinícius Jr., from São Gonçalo near Rio, wins European Championship for Real Madrid with goal against Liverpool. theguardian.com/football/2022/…

"There you have the ethos of Downing Street under the sordid stewardship of Mr Johnson. See what you can get away with. His life motto turned into the degenerate creed of Number 10."

O Globo on how much money Bolsonarista militants make spreading fake news and conspiracy theories about the Brazilian election system. This is how it works. blogs.oglobo.globo.com/sonar-a-escuta…

Brazil has about 500,000 people whose main occupation is "social media influencer" per new Nielsen report. Via Folha de S.Paulo www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2022/0…

War surges Norway's oil, gas profit. Now, it's urged to help (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/f4de4a…

Lovely lil story here for your Sunday: A doll brings pride, identity for Brazil Indigenous woman 📝⁦Diane Jeantet⁩ apnews.com/article/latin-…

Around 36% of Brazilians don't have enough money to eat 3 meals a day. Just one of the many sobering revelations in this thorough The Brazilian Report piece on hunger, which has a real national spread. Oh, and they lifted the paywall. brazilian.report/society/2022/0…

Brazil once wiped away preventable diseases. Why are they coming back? "Between 2018 and 2021, vaccine coverage among the general population for tuberculosis, polio, measles, mumps and rubella dropped between 20 and 30 percent across Brazil." Al Jazeera aljazeera.com/news/longform/…

44 people killed in floods in and around Recife in the NE, at least 30 on Saturday alone. G1 g1.globo.com/pe/pernambuco/…

I can summarize the collective response to my story last week as "WTF?" Brazil's Bolsonaro bolstered the environmental fines system, a move that could help protect the Amazon. It can be hard to understand what the govt is doing. Here's a 🧵w/ some context reuters.com/business/healt…

"These catastrophes happen in a continent-sized country," said Bolsonaro. "Experts say climate change contributes to more intense rainfall, and the IPCC has classified Recife’s metropolitan region as one of the world’s most vulnerable cities." AP

Nobody *wants* their living room flooded, but it's def. consolation when it comes with a friendly river dolphin 🐬independent.co.uk/tv/climate/dol…

Johnson’s lurch to the right adds to momentum for leadership vote theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

93 people have died in the floods in the NE state of Pernambuco. This is a devastating account of survivors in Jardim Monte Verde, on edge of Recife, from Folha. www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2022…

Impressive that the G10 favelas group now has a 24-hour TV channel based in Paraisópolis. espacodopovo.com.br/noticias/favel… Watch it here x.com/home

Folha talked to 12 agribusiness leaders and found support for Bolsonaro still strong. Reasons include freeing up gun laws and support for exploiting protected Amazon areas including Indigenous reserves. Read destroying native forests for monoculture. www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2022/0…

The ‘real face of Russia’: the women taking a dangerous stand on St Petersburg's streets - video theguardian.com/world/video/20…