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Outcry as Brazil congress moves to gut environment and Indigenous ministries
Plan to drastically dilute bodies’ powers would deal severe blow to Lula’s attempt to reverse Bolsonaro’s era of Amazon devastation
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
25, May, 2023 @3:25 PM
Ex-chief of Brazil’s Indigenous agency charged over murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips
Marcelo Xavier accused of indirectly contributing on the grounds that he failed to take steps to protect workers in Amazon
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
19, May, 2023 @9:19 PM
Ecuador’s embattled president dissolves congress in bid to avoid impeachment
Guillermo Lasso announces move a day after the start of an impeachment trial that seems likely to lead to his removal
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent and Dan Collyns in Quito
17, May, 2023 @2:40 PM
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: anger at ‘far-fetched’ self-defence claim
Brazilian activists accuse defence lawyers for three accused in double murder case of smearing victims
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
11, May, 2023 @9:30 AM
Rita Lee, Brazil’s undisputed Queen of Rock, dies aged 75
Tributes pour in for founder of Os Mutantes, who sardonically named her tumour after far-right president Jair Bolsonaro
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
09, May, 2023 @5:58 PM
David Miranda, campaigner and former Brazilian congressman, dies aged 37
Lula celebrates ‘extraordinary trajectory’ of favela-born politician and Guardian columnist who played key role in Snowden leaks
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
09, May, 2023 @2:55 PM
Chile: major blow to president as far right triumphs in key constitution vote
‘Earthquake in Chilean politics’ as ultra-conservative Republican party wins 22 of 50 seats on body to rewrite Pinochet-era document
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent
08, May, 2023 @2:14 PM
Brazilian police search Jair Bolsonaro mansion and arrest aide
Police investigate suspected efforts to fake Covid-19 vaccination records in order to travel to US
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
03, May, 2023 @2:15 PM
Brazil’s battle to reclaim Yanomami lands from illegal miners turns deadly
Fatalities underline dangers in government efforts to evict thousands of miners who have devastated Indigenous territory
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
01, May, 2023 @7:03 PM
‘It’s hell’: vigilantes take to Haiti’s streets in bloody reprisals against gangs
Members of terrorised Port-au-Prince communities armed with rocks and machetes carry out wave of lynchings
Tom Phillips, and Harold Isaac in Port-au-Prince
30, Apr, 2023 @10:15 AM
Jair Bolsonaro questioned by police investigating Brazil coup attempt
Former president of Brazil says he shared video claiming election rigging ‘by mistake’ while on morphine in US hospital
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
26, Apr, 2023 @6:04 PM
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó ejected from Colombia
Guaidó lands in Miami after failed bid to attend summit hosted by leftwing president, with return to Venezuela looking unlikely
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent
25, Apr, 2023 @7:59 PM
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