Alexandre de Santi
@alexdesanti.bsky.social
Managing editor - Brazil @ Mongabay
Ex-deputy editor @ The Intercept Brazil
@Fronteira founder
Bylines in a bunch of places
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Ex-deputy editor @ The Intercept Brazil
@Fronteira founder
Bylines in a bunch of places
Guitar player
Brazil is pushing the Tapajós River waterway as one of the main Amazon shipping corridors and preparing it for privatization, which will enable regular dredging and maintenance to improve its capacity.
@schroder.bsky.social reports on @mongabay.com
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@schroder.bsky.social reports on @mongabay.com
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Amazon Indigenous groups fight soy waterway as Brazil fast-tracks dredging
The Tapajós supported Indigenous people for millennia, but now vessels, pollution and waves may disrupt their lives.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Brazil is pushing the Tapajós River waterway as one of the main Amazon shipping corridors and preparing it for privatization, which will enable regular dredging and maintenance to improve its capacity.
@schroder.bsky.social reports on @mongabay.com
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@schroder.bsky.social reports on @mongabay.com
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In one of the Amazon’s deadliest areas, a group fighting for land was besieged by a dozen armed men hired by ranchers.
@nandawenzel.bsky.social explains Brazil's new wave of land reform conflicts on @mongabay.com
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@nandawenzel.bsky.social explains Brazil's new wave of land reform conflicts on @mongabay.com
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On the frontline of the Amazon land war
TERRA NOSSA, Brazil — In 2024, Mongabay investigative reporter Fernanda Wenzel traveled to one of the most dangerous spots in the Brazilian Amazon — a region where a silent land war is destroying the ...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In one of the Amazon’s deadliest areas, a group fighting for land was besieged by a dozen armed men hired by ranchers.
@nandawenzel.bsky.social explains Brazil's new wave of land reform conflicts on @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/video/2025/1...
@nandawenzel.bsky.social explains Brazil's new wave of land reform conflicts on @mongabay.com
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Three environmental moves in Brazil are drawing criticism as the country hosts COP30: a green light for exploratory oil drilling on the Amazon coast, an end to the Soy Moratorium and a push for looser environmental licensing.
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Brazil hosts COP30 with high ambitions — and scaling environmental ambiguities
Lula wants to push actions forward in Belém, but his words clash with the latest environmental gestures in Brazil.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Three environmental moves in Brazil are drawing criticism as the country hosts COP30: a green light for exploratory oil drilling on the Amazon coast, an end to the Soy Moratorium and a push for looser environmental licensing.
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Brazilian lawmakers are advancing controversial bills to legalize mining on Indigenous lands, where mining bids have already been filed, as the nation positions itself as a key supplier for the energy transition.
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Critical minerals drive legalization of mining on Amazon Indigenous lands
Lawmakers in Brazil can scrap a 30-year-old protection to meet global demand for gold and other minerals.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Brazilian lawmakers are advancing controversial bills to legalize mining on Indigenous lands, where mining bids have already been filed, as the nation positions itself as a key supplier for the energy transition.
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Ready to tell powerful environmental stories? 🌊🌿
Mongabay is hiring:
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• Engagement Editor: buff.ly/WZY7a9c
• Wire Reporter (Asia): buff.ly/cmYajQ4
Join our remote global newsroom 🌎
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Mongabay is hiring:
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• Wire Reporter (Asia): buff.ly/cmYajQ4
Join our remote global newsroom 🌎
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October 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ready to tell powerful environmental stories? 🌊🌿
Mongabay is hiring:
• Contributing Editor (Oceans): buff.ly/B10xOhV
• Engagement Editor: buff.ly/WZY7a9c
• Wire Reporter (Asia): buff.ly/cmYajQ4
Join our remote global newsroom 🌎
Apply now!
Mongabay is hiring:
• Contributing Editor (Oceans): buff.ly/B10xOhV
• Engagement Editor: buff.ly/WZY7a9c
• Wire Reporter (Asia): buff.ly/cmYajQ4
Join our remote global newsroom 🌎
Apply now!
Mining giant Vale has obtained a preliminary license for its Bacaba project, the first step toward doubling its copper production in the Brazilian Amazon over the next decade.
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Copper rush pushes Vale to ramp up mining near Amazonian protected areas
The metal needed in electric cars and solar panels comes with a high cost for Amazonian communities.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mining giant Vale has obtained a preliminary license for its Bacaba project, the first step toward doubling its copper production in the Brazilian Amazon over the next decade.
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Recent archaeological findings by archaeologist Stéphen Rostain, reveal that the Amazon supported vast & complex ancient urban societies.
He’s hopeful that new archaeological understanding of the Amazon will challenge centuries of prejudice against Indigenous people & offer answers for the future.
He’s hopeful that new archaeological understanding of the Amazon will challenge centuries of prejudice against Indigenous people & offer answers for the future.
Indigenous myths reveal Amazon’s past truths: Interview with Stéphen Rostain
Now a leading archaeologist, Rostain was discouraged at first. “No one is interested in archaeology of the Amazon.”
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October 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Recent archaeological findings by archaeologist Stéphen Rostain, reveal that the Amazon supported vast & complex ancient urban societies.
He’s hopeful that new archaeological understanding of the Amazon will challenge centuries of prejudice against Indigenous people & offer answers for the future.
He’s hopeful that new archaeological understanding of the Amazon will challenge centuries of prejudice against Indigenous people & offer answers for the future.
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Jane taught us that every day we live, we make an impact. The choice is ours as to what kind of impact it will be.
Her life proved that one person, rooted in compassion and sustained by hope, can change the world. Now it is up to us to carry that light forward—not as a farewell, but as a promise.
Her life proved that one person, rooted in compassion and sustained by hope, can change the world. Now it is up to us to carry that light forward—not as a farewell, but as a promise.
October 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Jane taught us that every day we live, we make an impact. The choice is ours as to what kind of impact it will be.
Her life proved that one person, rooted in compassion and sustained by hope, can change the world. Now it is up to us to carry that light forward—not as a farewell, but as a promise.
Her life proved that one person, rooted in compassion and sustained by hope, can change the world. Now it is up to us to carry that light forward—not as a farewell, but as a promise.
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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Capim dourado, or golden grass, grows in a wild part of the Brazilian Cerrado, the most biodiverse savanna in the world.
Through the sustainable management of the grass – harvesting once a year and leaving the plant seeds in the field – artisans are trying to keep their golden treasure safe.
Through the sustainable management of the grass – harvesting once a year and leaving the plant seeds in the field – artisans are trying to keep their golden treasure safe.
When art turns into a sustainable treasure
JALAPÃO, Brazil — Capim dourado, or golden grass, grows in Jalapão, a wild part of the Brazilian Cerrado, the most biodiverse savanna in the world. With its unique color, the grass has lifted women…
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October 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Capim dourado, or golden grass, grows in a wild part of the Brazilian Cerrado, the most biodiverse savanna in the world.
Through the sustainable management of the grass – harvesting once a year and leaving the plant seeds in the field – artisans are trying to keep their golden treasure safe.
Through the sustainable management of the grass – harvesting once a year and leaving the plant seeds in the field – artisans are trying to keep their golden treasure safe.
In an interview with Mongabay, Rostain says the ancient Upano Valley culture in Ecuador collapsed due to severe drought, offering a stark warning for the Amazon’s current climate vulnerability.
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@peterspeetjens.bsky.social for @mongabay.com
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Indigenous myths reveal Amazon’s past truths: Interview with Stéphen Rostain
Now a leading archaeologist, Rostain was discouraged at first. “No one is interested in archaeology of the Amazon.”
news.mongabay.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In an interview with Mongabay, Rostain says the ancient Upano Valley culture in Ecuador collapsed due to severe drought, offering a stark warning for the Amazon’s current climate vulnerability.
@peterspeetjens.bsky.social for @mongabay.com
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@peterspeetjens.bsky.social for @mongabay.com
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Brazil’s President Lula has personally cemented his support for the project and set his cabinet to work out a deal to renew the BR-319 highway, which passes through one of the most preserved areas of the Amazon.
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Rafael Spuldar for @mongabay.com
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New deal pushes Amazon’s controversial ‘tipping point road’ ahead
Brazil’s environment minister bets on safeguards for the highway, but history shows similar plans have failed.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Brazil’s President Lula has personally cemented his support for the project and set his cabinet to work out a deal to renew the BR-319 highway, which passes through one of the most preserved areas of the Amazon.
Rafael Spuldar for @mongabay.com
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Rafael Spuldar for @mongabay.com
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Brazil’s government has signed a 30-year contract to privatize a section of the BR-364 highway, a key part of its plan to create an overland corridor to Peru to streamline commodity exports to China.
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@schroder.bsky.social for @mongabay.com
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Brazil’s first private Amazon road paves new trade route to China
A road that once opened the Amazon to destruction is being expanded, and critics fear history will repeat itself.
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September 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Brazil’s government has signed a 30-year contract to privatize a section of the BR-364 highway, a key part of its plan to create an overland corridor to Peru to streamline commodity exports to China.
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@schroder.bsky.social for @mongabay.com
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An investigation by @brunabronoski.bsky.social / @ojoioeotrigo.bsky.social has found that half of the $2 billion Marfrig raised went to buying cattle raised on deforested land and fattened in feedlots linked to its board chair.
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Read in English on @mongabay.com
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Marfrig’s bonds funded beef from illegally deforested areas in Brazil
Tied to clearing in Amazon and Cerrado, shipments from 'world's largest hamburger producer’ reach Europe and Asia.
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September 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
An investigation by @brunabronoski.bsky.social / @ojoioeotrigo.bsky.social has found that half of the $2 billion Marfrig raised went to buying cattle raised on deforested land and fattened in feedlots linked to its board chair.
Read in English on @mongabay.com
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Read in English on @mongabay.com
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Rhett Ayers Butler, Mongabay founder and CEO, has been named in the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders List, which honors 50 global leaders working to combat the climate crisis.
This is a milestone in a journey that goes back 25 years to when Butler was a teenager visiting a rainforest in Borneo.
This is a milestone in a journey that goes back 25 years to when Butler was a teenager visiting a rainforest in Borneo.
Mongabay founder Rhett Butler named to Forbes Sustainability Leaders List
Rhett Ayers Butler, Mongabay founder and CEO, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders List, which honors 50 global leaders working to combat the climate crisis. “Mongabay has tended…
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September 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Rhett Ayers Butler, Mongabay founder and CEO, has been named in the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders List, which honors 50 global leaders working to combat the climate crisis.
This is a milestone in a journey that goes back 25 years to when Butler was a teenager visiting a rainforest in Borneo.
This is a milestone in a journey that goes back 25 years to when Butler was a teenager visiting a rainforest in Borneo.
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Se o STF quiser as evidências dos crimes, é só acessar o nosso acervo de evidências da necropolítica da covid-19.
As provas dos crimes todas reunidas em um só lugar, com todos os dados da fonte, tudo catalogado bonitinho.
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As provas dos crimes todas reunidas em um só lugar, com todos os dados da fonte, tudo catalogado bonitinho.
acervopandemia-souciencia.unifesp.br
September 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Se o STF quiser as evidências dos crimes, é só acessar o nosso acervo de evidências da necropolítica da covid-19.
As provas dos crimes todas reunidas em um só lugar, com todos os dados da fonte, tudo catalogado bonitinho.
acervopandemia-souciencia.unifesp.br
As provas dos crimes todas reunidas em um só lugar, com todos os dados da fonte, tudo catalogado bonitinho.
acervopandemia-souciencia.unifesp.br
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The Brazilian government is reviewing its legal framework for the trade in sharks.
Measures now under consideration include a potential ban on fin exports and stricter rules for shark fishing and imports, as well as revising the rules governing the fishing of blue shark.
Measures now under consideration include a potential ban on fin exports and stricter rules for shark fishing and imports, as well as revising the rules governing the fishing of blue shark.
Brazil weighs new measures to manage shark trade, fishing
The Brazilian government is reviewing its legal framework for the trade in sharks. Measures now under consideration include a potential ban on fin exports and stricter rules for shark fishing and…
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September 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Brazilian government is reviewing its legal framework for the trade in sharks.
Measures now under consideration include a potential ban on fin exports and stricter rules for shark fishing and imports, as well as revising the rules governing the fishing of blue shark.
Measures now under consideration include a potential ban on fin exports and stricter rules for shark fishing and imports, as well as revising the rules governing the fishing of blue shark.
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EXCLUSIVO: Fux apoiou em 2014 o julgamento de políticos com foro privilegiado nas turmas do STF, que agora critica para anular processo contra Bolsonaro.
Leia aqui na coluna @julianadalpiva.bsky.social, no @iclnoticias.com.br
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Leia aqui na coluna @julianadalpiva.bsky.social, no @iclnoticias.com.br
iclnoticias.com.br/fux-politico...
Fux apoiou julgamento de políticos com foro em turmas do STF
O ministro Luiz Fux votou a favor de uma mudança no Regimento do STF para levar para as turmas o julgamento de políticos com foro em 2014
iclnoticias.com.br
September 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
EXCLUSIVO: Fux apoiou em 2014 o julgamento de políticos com foro privilegiado nas turmas do STF, que agora critica para anular processo contra Bolsonaro.
Leia aqui na coluna @julianadalpiva.bsky.social, no @iclnoticias.com.br
iclnoticias.com.br/fux-politico...
Leia aqui na coluna @julianadalpiva.bsky.social, no @iclnoticias.com.br
iclnoticias.com.br/fux-politico...
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Não que surpreenda, mas Deltan Dallagnol reforça ter zero compromisso com os fatos. Fux não anulou nada; disse no voto que considera que cabe a anulação. Mas mesmo assim está votando sobre o mérito do processo.
September 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Não que surpreenda, mas Deltan Dallagnol reforça ter zero compromisso com os fatos. Fux não anulou nada; disse no voto que considera que cabe a anulação. Mas mesmo assim está votando sobre o mérito do processo.
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Seu Gentil chegou ao Inter com 17 anos, em 1974. E virou uma lenda do clube. 🇦🇹
TÍTULOS:
🏆24x Camp. Gauchos
🏆3x Camp. Brasileiros
🏆1 Copa do Brasil
🏆2x Libertadores
🏆1x Joan Gamper
🏆1x Dubai Cup
🏆1x Suruga Bank
🏆1 Mundial FIFA
🏆1 Sula
🏆2x Recopas
Descanse em paz. 🕊️
TÍTULOS:
🏆24x Camp. Gauchos
🏆3x Camp. Brasileiros
🏆1 Copa do Brasil
🏆2x Libertadores
🏆1x Joan Gamper
🏆1x Dubai Cup
🏆1x Suruga Bank
🏆1 Mundial FIFA
🏆1 Sula
🏆2x Recopas
Descanse em paz. 🕊️
September 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Seu Gentil chegou ao Inter com 17 anos, em 1974. E virou uma lenda do clube. 🇦🇹
TÍTULOS:
🏆24x Camp. Gauchos
🏆3x Camp. Brasileiros
🏆1 Copa do Brasil
🏆2x Libertadores
🏆1x Joan Gamper
🏆1x Dubai Cup
🏆1x Suruga Bank
🏆1 Mundial FIFA
🏆1 Sula
🏆2x Recopas
Descanse em paz. 🕊️
TÍTULOS:
🏆24x Camp. Gauchos
🏆3x Camp. Brasileiros
🏆1 Copa do Brasil
🏆2x Libertadores
🏆1x Joan Gamper
🏆1x Dubai Cup
🏆1x Suruga Bank
🏆1 Mundial FIFA
🏆1 Sula
🏆2x Recopas
Descanse em paz. 🕊️
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In 2015, the Wampís of northern Peru did what no other Indigenous people had done in the country’s modern history: They declared themselves an autonomous nation to gain greater control over their territory.
To understand why, see 🧵:
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/the-...
To understand why, see 🧵:
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/the-...
The making of an autonomous Indigenous nation in Peru’s Amazon
In 2015, leaders of the Wampís did what no other Indigenous peoples have done in Peru’s modern history: They declared themselves an autonomous nation to gain greater control over their territory. For ...
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September 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In 2015, the Wampís of northern Peru did what no other Indigenous people had done in the country’s modern history: They declared themselves an autonomous nation to gain greater control over their territory.
To understand why, see 🧵:
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/the-...
To understand why, see 🧵:
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/the-...
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A vitória virou produto: o "torcedor-cliente" não está preparado para a frustração | Texto maroto publicado lá no Meia Encarnada
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ge.globo.com/blogs/meia-e...
A vitória virou produto: o "torcedor-cliente" não está preparado para a frustração
A arquibancada é o único parâmetro: apenas quem senta na arquibancada pode reivindicar o passado, o presente e o futuro do seu clube.
ge.globo.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A vitória virou produto: o "torcedor-cliente" não está preparado para a frustração | Texto maroto publicado lá no Meia Encarnada
ge.globo.com/blogs/meia-e...
ge.globo.com/blogs/meia-e...
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Chegou o grande dia!
Estão abertas as inscrições para a IMPEDCOPA XV - GRACIAS A DIOS NACÍ EN LATINOAMÉRICA.
O convite para jogar se estende a todas e todos. Basta preencher em dois toques o formulário de inscrição abaixo:
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Estão abertas as inscrições para a IMPEDCOPA XV - GRACIAS A DIOS NACÍ EN LATINOAMÉRICA.
O convite para jogar se estende a todas e todos. Basta preencher em dois toques o formulário de inscrição abaixo:
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September 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Chegou o grande dia!
Estão abertas as inscrições para a IMPEDCOPA XV - GRACIAS A DIOS NACÍ EN LATINOAMÉRICA.
O convite para jogar se estende a todas e todos. Basta preencher em dois toques o formulário de inscrição abaixo:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Estão abertas as inscrições para a IMPEDCOPA XV - GRACIAS A DIOS NACÍ EN LATINOAMÉRICA.
O convite para jogar se estende a todas e todos. Basta preencher em dois toques o formulário de inscrição abaixo:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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O governo do Estado cedeu uma escola para a Casa Mirabal, que acolhe mães vítimas de violência. O imóvel era cedido pela prefeitura e o prefeito bolsonarista de Porto Alegre pediu reintegração de posse. A juíza autorizou a PM a usar força contra crianças. www.matinaljornalismo.com.br/matinal/repo...
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August 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
O governo do Estado cedeu uma escola para a Casa Mirabal, que acolhe mães vítimas de violência. O imóvel era cedido pela prefeitura e o prefeito bolsonarista de Porto Alegre pediu reintegração de posse. A juíza autorizou a PM a usar força contra crianças. www.matinaljornalismo.com.br/matinal/repo...
Besides being a star in Amazonian cuisine, new research confirms jambu’s spilanthol compound as a temporary pain reliever, circulation enhancer and anti-inflammatory.
Sarah Brown for @mongabay.com
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Sarah Brown for @mongabay.com
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Amazon jambu blends tradition and science for numbing flavors and healthcare
Brazil's bioeconomy efforts are unlocking surprising global applications for a homegrown plant known as a local remedy and seasoning.
news.mongabay.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Besides being a star in Amazonian cuisine, new research confirms jambu’s spilanthol compound as a temporary pain reliever, circulation enhancer and anti-inflammatory.
Sarah Brown for @mongabay.com
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Sarah Brown for @mongabay.com
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