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Blockades, checkpoints and court action: fending off Brazil’s biofuel giants in the Amazon
By Gisela Pérez de Acha, Sasha Schell, Cícero Pedrosa in Acará, Pará, with Luiz Monticelli and Kathleen Quinn

After decades of violent displacement and land theft, the country’s quilombola communities are fighting back

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/22/quilombolas-indigenous-amazon-brazil-biofuels-palm-oil

#Globaldevelopment #Indigenouspeoples #Deforestation #Palmoil #Environment #Brazil #Treesandforests #Worldnews #Landrights #FlvioBolsonaro #JairBolsonaro #Americas #Biofuels #Amazonrainforest #Conservationandindigenouspeople #Environmentalactivism #Protest #TheGuardian #GiselaPrezdeAcha #SashaSchell #CceroPedrosainAcar #Par #withLuizMonticelli #KathleenQuinn

https://www.europesays.com/videos/115780/ Peter Zalmayev: ‘Ukraine was showing all sorts of cards that Trump took away and gave to Putin’ #Americas #Civilians #diplomacy #DonaldTrump #drones #Europe #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24Guest #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #invasion #NewYork #Putin #Refugees #Russia #Trump #Ukraine #un #VladimirPutin #VolodymyrZelensky #Zelensky

‘I never saw my son, until they handed him over in a bag’: inside El Salvador’s brutal crime crackdown
By Harriet Barber

President Nayib Bukele’s campaign of mass arrest has been marked by allegations of torture and killing. Four years on, 120,000 people are still in prison

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/21/el-salvador-crackdown-president-bukele-mass-arrest-allegations-torture-killing-prison

#Globaldevelopment #ElSalvador #Prisons #Americas #Worldnews #Humanrights #Humanrights #Torture #Prechargedetention #Organisedcrime #Gangs #TheGuardian #HarrietBarber

Battle over Meta’s alleged Bolsonaro bias intensifies days before Brazil presidential runoff
By Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

Lula’s supporters suspect tech firm meddling on behalf of US president Donald Trump, who has close ties to Bolsonaro family

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/battle-meta-alleged-bolsonaro-bias-intensifies-days-before-brazil-presidential-runoff

#Brazil #Meta #LuizIncioLuladaSilva #FlvioBolsonaro #Internet #Instagram #Socialmedia #Socialnetworking #Digitalmedia #Media #Censorship #Americas #Worldnews #TheGuardian #TiagoRogeroinRiodeJaneiro

The Guardian view on Alberta’s referendum: Canada holds together – against Donald Trump | Editorial
By Editorial

Voters’ emphatic rejection of separation strengthens Mark Carney’s energy strategy in the face of a US trade war and threats

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/20/the-guardian-view-on-albertas-referendum-canada-holds-together-against-donald-trump

#Canada #MarkCarney #Americas #Worldnews #DonaldTrump #USnews #Indigenouspeoples #TheGuardian #Editorial

The Guardian view on Alberta’s referendum: Canada holds together – against Donald Trump | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/20/the-guardian-view-on-albertas-referendum-canada-holds-together-against-donald-trump #Canada #MarkCarney #Americas #WorldNews #DonaldTrump #UsNews #IndigenousPeoples

‘Bad decisions’: Man convicted for taking Peachy the flamingo from Las Vegas hotel https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/man-convicted-peachy-the-flamingo-las-vegas-hotel #UsCrime #Animals #LasVegas #Canada #UsNews #Americas #Birds #Nevada

‘Bad decisions’: Man convicted for taking Peachy the flamingo from Las Vegas hotel
By Associated Press

Mitchell Fairbarn found guilty of animal cruelty after prosecutors say he hurt and frightened the 27-year-old bird

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/man-convicted-peachy-the-flamingo-las-vegas-hotel

#UScrime #Animals #LasVegas #Canada #USnews #Americas #Birds #Nevada #TheGuardian #AssociatedPress

https://www.europesays.com/videos/114905/ US midterm elections: Trump approval rating falls to new low • FRANCE 24 English #america #AmericaPolitics #Americas #Democrats #DonaldTrump #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #HouseOfRepresentativces #MidterElections #midterms #MidtermsPolls #REPUBLICANS #Trump #USMidtermElections #UsMidterms #USA #USAPolitics

Giving £2 a day to people in the Amazon helps protect rainforest, pilot project finds
By Jonathan Watts

Researchers say almost 90% of participants in unconditional basic income scheme in Peru adopted environmentally beneficial practices

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/20/unconditional-basic-income-amazon-rainforest-peru-study

#Amazonrainforest #Conservation #Indigenouspeoples #Peru #Americas #Worldnews #Environment #TheGuardian #JonathanWatts

Giving £2 a day to people in the Amazon helps protect rainforest, pilot project finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/20/unconditional-basic-income-amazon-rainforest-peru-study #AmazonRainforest #Conservation #IndigenousPeoples #Peru #Americas #WorldNews #Environment

https://www.europesays.com/es/827831/ ¿Cuál es la versión más barata de GTA 6? Las diferencias entre sus ediciones #americas #BusinessNews #CentralBank #Chile #ChileCentralBank #ChileEconomy #Chilean #Ciencia #CienciaYTecnología #CienciaYtecnología #Economy #ES #España #latam #latin #MacroEconomics #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #SouthAmerican #Spain #Technology #Tecnología

Vandals hit NYC subway OMNY readers in apparent political protest | Entertainment

NEW YORK — Cops are looking for a group of vandals who took a…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #adverseevents #america #Americas #Brooklyn #California #Entertainment #health #militarydefense #newyork #NewYorkCity #northamerica #PoliticsandGovernment #sandiego #ScienceandTechnology #securitytechnology #socialandpoliticalprotest #sports #structuredcontent #technology #unitedstatesofamerica
https://www.europesays.com/3320841/

https://www.europesays.com/3320841/ Vandals hit NYC subway OMNY readers in apparent political protest | Entertainment #AdverseEvents #america #Americas #Brooklyn #California #Entertainment #health #MilitaryDefense #NewYork #NewYorkCity #NorthAmerica #PoliticsAndGovernment #SanDiego #ScienceAndTechnology #SecurityTechnology #SocialAndPoliticalProtest #sports #StructuredContent #technology #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA