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Brazil · Government · Election
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Amazon burns as El Niño drought meets Brazil's election tensions, experts say
Drought makes the forest flammable, but people light the fires, and how land clearing gets policed often turns on who wins power in Brasília.
Source: El PaíS English
Lula wins Brazil again but faces a hostile Congress
What changedThe vote is decided: Lula wins, but a hostile Congress will limit what he can do.
Amazon deforestation fell sharply in his last term, so how much a hostile Congress blocks him will shape the forest's future.
Source: BBC
Lula beats Flávio Bolsonaro to win Brazil's presidency again
Brazil holds about 60 percent of the Amazon rainforest, so who runs the country shapes the fate of the planet's largest tropical forest.
Source: El PaíS English