By Cat Woodcock, age 11 and IndyKids staff Similar to the infamous Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection in the United States, angry Bolsonaro supporters stormed the National Congress of Brazil and other federal government buildings in the capital, Brasília, on Jan. 8, 2022. The events took place one week after the new leftist President Lula da …
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By Sophia Reilly, age 12 The Amazon is burning. Brazil is facing not only a pandemic but an environmental disaster as well. The number of fires in the Amazon rainforest has risen over the last year due to legal and illegal deforestation. According to Brazil’s space research institute’s (INPE) data, in June of last year …
By Lukas Azcurrain age: 12 and Indykids staff Jair Bolsonaro is the new president of Brazil. With strong backing from the military, leaders of evangelical religious groups and the right-wing establishment, he is raising concerns about the future of civil liberties, social equality and environmental protection in the country. Bolsonaro graduated from the Agulhas Negras …
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