https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Amazon-under-the-Bolsonaro-government-environmental-devastation-and-attacks https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Amazon-under-the-Bolsonaro-government-environmental-devastation-and-attacks 2020-02-03T08:10:35Z text/html en Will Mota Brazil Ecology and the Environment <p>One of the most striking features of the first year of Jair Bolsonaro's government was its "anti-environmental" policy, which was covered by the international press following the senseless remarks made by the President of the Republic and his Minister of the Environment, Ricardo Salles. This policy has manifested itself in numerous scandals, such as the increase in deforestation and burning in the Amazon rainforest, as well as attacks against indigenous (Amerindian) peoples, illustrated by the assassination of Amerindian leaders, such as those belonging to the Guajajara (in the state of Maranhão) and Waiãpi (in the state of Amapá) peoples. The number of murders of members of indigenous peoples is the highest in the last 11 years, with 7 leaders assassinated by order of the Capital, this year alone.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV541-February-2020-" rel="directory">IV541 - February 2020</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Brazil-+" rel="tag">Brazil</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Ecology-and-the-Environment-+" rel="tag">Ecology and the Environment</a>