A healer conducts an ayahuasca drinking ceremony in Avie village, in Ecuador, on Jan.14, 2023.
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The psychotropic allure of the ayahuasca plant for hundreds of thousands of non-Indigenous consciousness seekers is raising many concerns.
Brazil’s disease-hit orange harvests have triggered a global shortage of orange juice.
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Brazil’s orange harvest has been badly damaged by a disease infecting trees and spoiling the fruit.
More than 180,000 people are homeless in the cities of São Leopoldo and Novo Hamburgo alone.
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‘Flying rivers’ of moist air from the Amazon combined with a warming planet have the potential to produce more rain, say scientists.
Children in Malawi work on their tablets, which are loaded with activities, games and stories.
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Child-directed educational technology can deliver high quality education for millions of marginalised children worldwide.
Hundreds of people join a ‘Light and Love’ gathering outside the royal palace in Amsterdam to protest the election victory of Geert Wilders’ far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, in a general election in November 2023.
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Some European countries are turning to anti-populist coalitions to battle the rising tide of populism. Will it work?
Several economies are dependent on cocoa.
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Major African cocoa plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans.
A protestor before a burning barricade during a clash at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, June 11, 2013.
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Throughout If We Burn, Vincent Bevins shows that “movements that cannot speak for themselves will be spoken for”.
Justice investigates Bolsonaro’s participation in the events of 8 January 2023: coup attempt failed, but country still divided
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Federal Police arrested some of Bolsonaro’s closest aides and carried out search warrants against former ministers and high-ranked military officers. The allegation: plotting a coup.
Brazilian President Lula greets journalists, in Brasilia, one year after rioters stormed the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court buildings.
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The third-term president has used his experience and personal relationships with lawmakers to build the majorities that now support his agenda.
Community gardens can be a boon for residents.
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Community-centred approaches to urban agriculture have been successful in various parts of the world.
Vendors at work on a bustling Ciudad del Este street packed with stalls.
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A smuggling crackdown has threatened the livelihoods of the people who are just scraping by in this South American arbitrage economy.
El muriqui del sur, endémico de Brasil, está en peligro de extinción.
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Trees in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest depend heavily on primates for their survival, but agriculture and deforestation are threatening them both.
A queer performer in Mozambique today.
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From the 1950s to the early 1970s the carnival was a place for queer expression and attracted performers from as far away as Brazil.
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A longstanding territorial dispute could flare into open confrontation in South America.
The largest tributary on the left bank of the Amazon, the Rio Negro is known for its paradisiacal landscapes, fresh, clean and abundant waters, where pink dolphins swim. Today, much of its riverbed around Manaus looks like this.
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The drought is expected to affect the region until mid-2024 at the earliest. Signs of its severity include the lowest water levels in the city of Manaus in 121 years.
The idea of vacation spots that are a “paradise on earth” can sometimes overlook uncomfortable truths.
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As detailed in a June 2023 event in Grenoble, France, business schools hold partial responsibility for the longstanding behaviour of multinational corporations (MNCs) in indigenous territories.
Dark clouds over the United Nations in New York.
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At the United Nations and elsewhere, the response by the US and Western Europe to events in Israel and Gaza have been out of step with that of governments in Africa, South America and Asia.
Invasive zebra mussels colonize a rock at Lewis and Clark Lake in Yankton, S.D.
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According to a new UN report, invasive species do more than US$423 billion in damage worldwide every year. Four articles explore examples, from mollusks to poisonous fish.
BRICS leaders announce the outcomes of the XV BRICS Summit, at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 24 August 2023.
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Indonesia has taken a good decision by not joining BRICS, but still needs to be aware that this bloc remains important for the country, and ASEAN.
Russian president Vladimir Putin speaking via video link at the 2023 Brics summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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As the Brics alliance signs up new members, Russia continues to win over more allies.