Folha de S.Paulo

In the coming weeks, Jair Bolsonaro's government will face a bombardment of public opinion, domestic and foreign, on its environmental record. Amid the proliferation of forest fires, the administration must change its tune on the environment. The National Institute for Space Research will soon publish the annual data on deforestation in the Amazon. The collection of satellite images that will show in detail where the forest has been cleared since August 2019 has ended on July 31. In the previous period, 2018-19, devastation grew 34% and reached 10,129 km², equivalent to half the area of Sergipe. That the figure may exceed 13 thousand km², exposing the federal government to a new volley of criticisms. It will not be good news for an impotent administration in the face of the fire that has consumed a quarter of the Pantanal. Until Tuesday (6), there were 19,215 fires in the floodplain since January -the highest number recorded by INPE since 1998 and triple that detected in the same period of 2019. It would certainly be foolish to attribute all the blame to the policies of Bolsonaro and his environment minister, Ricardo Salles. This year's drought in the Pantanal is the biggest in decades, and the atmospheric temperature frequently rises to around 40ºC, which makes it almost impossible to control the flames.

Published on 10/11/2020 - 12h40

The incident of the viral video circulating on the internet occurred in 2017. Everyone can see that I was the victim of a person who came to one of my galleries in Miami, USA, and premeditatedly broke a work of art that she had received as a gift.

Published on 08/20/2020 - 13h40

Gradually, the country is returning to normal - a normal that neglects the face of the population's suffering. We have reached the 100,000 dead mark by Covid-19. We see people progressively abandoning social distancing.

Published on 08/08/2020 - 22h32

The Brazilian minister of justice is watching you, antifa sympathyzer. Policemen and intellectuals who do not think the correct ideas, watch out: the minister André Mendonça knows who you are, where you live and what you are doing in the corners of the quarantine.

Published on 07/28/2020 - 22h57

The political history of the 20th century bequeathed two words that express radical and absolute evil: fascism and genocide. In the index of political malignancy, fascists and genocidal leaders sit at the top. If there is anything worse, only in the mystical and religious lexicon. Only in hell.

Published on 07/08/2020 - 12h04

Ending deforestation in the Amazon is not only possible but necessary and urgent. It is unnecessary to reiterate the benefits of the Amazon ecosystem and its biodiversity on the planet's climatic and environmental balance.

Published on 07/07/2020 - 13h58

The foundation of Brazil's young democracy is solid. A vast majority, 75%, today considers democracy the best form of government, a record since Datafolha began researching the topic in 1989. It is solid, and yet it has suffered systematic attacks from extremists who identify with President Jair Bolsonaro. This is the biggest stress test since a civilian's return to the presidency 35 years ago. Many do so in bad faith; others, for not having experienced the horrors of the cruel machine that came with the military dictatorship in 1964. This last group is part of the 54.2% of young people born after 1985. Therefore, Folha launched an offensive on three fronts: advertising and a special journalistic campaign this Sunday (28th) and a free course for those interested in knowing the history. This is so it won't be repeated. The initiative also serves to wake up those who have nostalgia for the dictatorship. Many of these people think there would be no corruption scandals, that public security would be great, and the economy miraculous with a dictatorship. In real life, the executive power stifled institutions, free-thinking, and the right to express it. Torture was state policy, adversaries disappeared, disagreements were hidden by the gag on other Powers, and the economic growth of the 1970s ended in uncontrolled inflation and debt. Censorship silenced the press, which, including Folha, initially supported the new regime, and this was wrong. This newspaper quickly found itself struggling with the new power system, losing the ability to react before even realizing it. Only in the following decade did the newspaper find ways of waging a struggle, albeit veiled and subtle, against the dictatorship. In the 1980s, Folha led the Diretas Já movement in the press, establishing itself as an uncompromising defender of democracy and individual freedoms. Men are not always virtuous; with this in mind, the reformers of the modern West built a system of autonomous and harmonic powers, which act as a brake on authoritarianism. This is a system in which popular power is represented by free elections and is exercised within the parameters of the maximum law. The 1988 Constitution, not without its defects, had the great merit of bringing society together around this enlightenment consensus. With it, the discussion about the best system of government seemed to be relegated to the background. The public agenda should be occupied with reducing inequality, increasing economic growth, and improving education. However, there is an urgent need to return to the topic, and Folha seeks inspiration in its historical role in Diretas Já to rescue the yellow color as a symbol of democracy. Thus, Folha's Sunday editions will have a yellow banner with the words #UseAmarelo pela Democracia (Use yellow for Democracy). A NEWSPAPER IN SERVICE OF BRAZIL, Folha's slogan since 1961, will be temporarily changed to A NEWSPAPER IN SERVICE OF DEMOCRACY until the next presidential elections.

Published on 06/29/2020 - 22h02

The first general entered the Planalto Palace in 1964, and the last (the fifth) left through a side door in 1985.

Published on 06/29/2020 - 15h57

Just a few days after the military coup of 1964, the writer Carlos Heitor Cony published two notable op-eds in the newspaper Correio da Manhã. He sought solace in the hope of a better day, in the hope that the march of history would not be stopped by military insanity.

Published on 06/16/2020 - 23h15