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Brazil Deploys Troops To Fight Wildfires After Widespread Outrage At Bolsonaro’s Government
Brazil has deployed nearly 44,000 soldiers as part of an operation to fight the rampant fires currently burning in much of the Amazon, with officials stating two C-130 firefighting planes have also been dispatched, according to the Daily Beast.
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American Museum Of Natural History Event Honouring Brazil’s Rainforest-Hating President Sparks Uproar
A museum dedicated to conserving nature and Brazil’s far right wing president, who is intent on opening the Amazon rainforest to mining, logging and fossil fuel exploration while kicking indigenous groups off their land, may seem like odd bedfellows. And yet New York’s American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is slated to host an event…
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WhatsApp Bans 100,000 Accounts Before Brazilian Election, Which Is Still A Real Mess
Facebook subsidiary and encrypted chat service WhatsApp has banned more than 100,000 accounts ahead of the upcoming federal elections in Brazil, where leftist Workers’ Party candidate Fernando Haddad will face down far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro, Bloomberg reported on Friday.