Brazil’s election and the battle for the Amazon – podcast

Our Latin America correspondent, heads to Roraima, the country's most northern state, to hear from voters, preachers and politicians in a region that heavily backed Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round.

He finds them all hopeful that the far-right candidate will bring back the mining that his father Jair so heartily encouraged when in power in an administration that oversaw the felling of 11m acres (4.5m hectares) of rainforest.

Tom also meets Indigenous activists determined to fight back even if the Bolsonaros take power again.

asks what it will all mean, not only for Brazil but also for the climate crisis more broadly.

A man wearing a shirt with images of Donald Trump and Flávio Bolsonaro on the back

Original source Brazil’s election and the battle for the Amazon – podcast

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