Economic instability has increased the price of gold as Brazilian President Lula da Silva attempts to crack down on illegal mining threating the Amazon.
Police, prosecutors, money-laundering experts, and others convened in Brazil to tackle drug and environmental crimes that are growing in scale across the Amazon.
The crackdown and assault on civil society includes the key tool of the 21st century autocrat: restrictions and surveillance of digital communications.
After years of advocating for greener and more accessible neighborhoods, champions of the 15-minute city are suddenly the target of far-right conspiracies.
Predictive analytics are being deployed at an unprecedented scale, including in countries that are still in the midst of their own digital revolutions.