Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has surged to a 12-year high under the leadership of President Jair Bolsonaro. An area seven times larger than Greater London has been destroyed in just one year. Figures released by the Brazilian space institute, Inpe, reported at least 11,088 sq km of rainforest was razed between August 2019 and…
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Black Lives Matter around the world
The murder of George Floyd while under police custody sparked multiple protests around the world displaying their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Here are some covered by our Global Writers! South Africa Resonating particularly with a post-colonial country that was scarred by decades of apartheid, the BLM movement has ignited in South Africa’s…
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Amazon crisis: rainforest fires rage on
The Amazonian forest fires that erupted in early January this year are still raging deeper into the rainforest, and the significant escalation in August has meant that fires have hit a record-breaking rate. According to the Guardian, more than 9,000 new fires have ignited since August, which is an 80% rise from the same period…
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South America Year in Review
In this last issue before Christmas, Global is looking back at the news from South America in 2018. Across the region, several general elections took place. A new President of Paraguay was elected, Mario Abdo Benítez, a former president of the Senate as the incumbent President was not eligible for re-election. Colombia also greeted a…
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In brief
Keeping up with the Kremlin Vladimir Putin has featured in a new reality series, highlighting his devotion to the public. Broadcast on state television, the program documents the Russian President during his weekly activities. The first one-hour episode, aired during Sunday prime time, showed him scouring for berries, traversing lakes and rivers, and meeting with…
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Brazilian corruption scandal sees ex-President jailed
The fallout of the Brazilian anti-corruption enquiry, nicknamed Operation Car Wash, continues apace. Throughout two Presidential terms (2003 – 2011) ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, spent billions of reais tackling poverty within Brazil, making him a widely popular figure at the heart of this c o r r u p t…
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Global 360 RoundUp
Hong Kong In the first elections since unrest in 2014, citizens of Hong Kong have been to the polls to vote representatives to their legislative council. Turnout was 58%, and the election allowed pro-independence activists gain a foothold in power, whilst supporters of the Chinese government managed to hold on to a majority of the…
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Brazil in turmoil as Rousseff faces impeachment
The Brazilian Congress has voted to impeach their own President amid rife corruption claims, just as the country heads towards what could be one of the most important events in its developmental timeline: the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. At a sitting of the House of Congress on 17th April, the 513 members of the…
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Can Brazil shake off corruption in time for Rio 2016?
Dilma Rousseff lost a vote instigating impeachment proceedings against her in the lower house of Brazil’s Congress ten days ago. In a decisive defeat, 367 deputies voted to support her removal, clearing the two- thirds threshold needed to pass the motion. If the Senate confirms the decision of the lower house, as it may do,…
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