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Disinformation Casts a Shadow over Brazilian Presidential Elections

In the News
Open Democracy
Robert Muggah

"Rumors, lies and misinformation played a decisive role in the first round, and they will play an even greater role in the second," writes Robert Muggah.

Brazil's President and candidate for re-election Jair Bolsonaro at a news conference at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil on October 4, 2022
Reuters
Global Politics

Bolsonaro's Quest to Be Top Gun Endangers Brazil

In the News
Washington Post
Robert Muggah

Jair Bolsonaro "has emboldened his boosters to distrust the polls and decry the electoral system, while making sure they’re packing heat," writes Robert Muggah.

Brazilian President  Jair Bolsonaro gestures during a military event in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Reuters
Defense and Security

Overheating Megacities are a Climate Problem and Solution

In the News
World Economic Forum
Robert Muggah

With substantial increases in annual temperatures and extreme heat locked in, Latin American cities offer a glimpse of the future of climate change.

Mexico City climate protests
Reuters
Global Cities

The US-China Competition for Global Opinion

BLOG
Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

If the United States and China are competing over global public opinion, who’s winning, and where?

world leaders appear on screen at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
Reuters
Public Opinion

Peru's Rainforest Threatened by Ecosystem of Environment Crime

In the News
Mongabay
Robert Muggah

Robert Muggah explores how "a flourishing ecosystem of criminal groups is busy sacking the forest and rivers for cash and power" in the Peruvian Amazon.

An aerial view of the bridge Integracion on the Peru-Brazil border in the Amazon jungle of Madre de Dios
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

World Review: Biden's Summit of the Americas, China's Goals in the South Pacific, Updates on Ukraine

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Jamil Anderlini, Carla Anne Robbins, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meet for a bilateral meeting at the presidential palace in Tegucigalpa
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Nature-Based Solutions in Brazil Key to Global Climate Targets

In the News
Thompson Reuters Foundation News
Robert Muggah

Robert Muggah examines why "nature-based solutions that revalue and protect forests" are among the best strategies for combatting climate warming.

An aerial view of the Amazon rainforest at the Bom Futuro National Forest near Rio Pardo in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil.
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

World Review: Putin Shifts on NATO, Biden's Asia Trip, and the Summit of the Americas

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Karen DeYoung, Gideon Rachman, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Two men walking in front of a building holding files
EyePress/Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Brazil Is Gaslighting Its Way to a Climate Misinformation Catastrophe

In the News
Washington Post
Robert Muggah

"The rampant spread of climate misinformation and disinformation has potentially dire implications for the Amazon Basin," cowrites Robert Muggah in the Washington Post.

Billows of smoke rise over a deforested plot of the Amazon jungle next to the Transamazonica national highway, in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

Bolsonaro Is Already Undermining Brazil’s Upcoming Election

In the News
Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

"The populist president and his devotees are casting a dark cloud over the October vote," writes Robert Muggah.

Jair Bolsonaro waves in sunlight.
Reuters
Global Politics