Darci Alves Pereira is an insurrectionist and murderer of the environmentalist Chico Mendes in 1988, but he has taken over local politics in the Amazonian town of Medicilandia
By negotiating an investment for the Amazon rainforest with the far-right leader, the US president risks backing the biggest interference in the destiny of its people since the dictatorship
As the country nears 2,000 Covid-19 deaths per day the president is threatening the worldwide effort to contain the pandemic by continuing to favor the propagation of the virus
Investigation by NGO Conectas Derechos Humanos and São Paulo University has sought out the reasons behind the country’s Covid-19 death toll of more than 212,000 victims, as well as documenting the statements made by the president about the pandemic, vaccines and controversial ‘cures’