8 Mar 23
Senate bars Bolsonaristas from leading the Environmental Commission
The Federal Senate elected Senator Leila Barros (PSB-DF) to chair the Senate’s Environmental Commission (CMA) during the 2023-2024 biennium on Wednesday (8). Fabiano Contarato (PT-ES) was elected vice-chair of the committee.
The opposition bloc Vanguarda, composed by right wing parties such as PL, PP, Republicanos, and NOVO, had no representatives chosen to lead the commissions in a move by Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG).
8 Mar 23
More than 19,000 illegal gold miners have been removed from the Yanomami indigenous territory.
12 Mar 23
Extreme weather leaves Manaus with eight dead and a trail of destruction