The Amazon in times of war Marcos Colón

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colón, Marcos, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazil--History.

Brazil.

Amazon River Region--History.

Amazon River Region.

Indians of South America--Amazon River Region.

Indians of South America.

Indians of South America--Amazon River Region--Social life and customs.

Bolsonaro, Jair, 1955-.

Bolsonaro, Jair.

Indians of South America--Social life and customs.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 188 pages) color illustrations, color maps

Place of Publication:

Rugby, Warwickshire Practical Action Publishing [2024]

Summary:

"The Amazon in Times of War presents both direct and indirect evidence showcasing the deliberate state policies behind the violence and devastation inflicted upon the Brazilian Amazon and its inhabitants. The collection features firsthand accounts detailing not just physical assaults, but also economic and institutional harm. The essays traverse diverse themes while adhering to a chronological sequence, zeroing in on a pivotal period commencing in 2018. In November of that year, following a second electoral round, Jair Bolsonaro assumed the presidency of an already fragmented nation. The world observed in astonishment as a relatively obscure conservative federal deputy, a former army captain with fervent neoliberal inclinations, rose to helm the largest country in South America. That menace became a calculated political agenda aimed at the obliteration of the world’s largest biome and its peoples, which encompasses nine South American nations. His forthright rhetoric strikingly echoed that of his North American counterpart, leading the media to dub him the “Trump of the Tropics""-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Environmental fascism is haunting the Amazon

The fire balance sheet

A brief overview of violence in the Amazon

The year of killing

Two men missing in the Amazon ‘wild west’

‘Letting the stampede through’ : changes in environmental laws during the pandemic

Will the Amazon rainforest become a commodity?

Hunger in the Amazon : the invisible companion of COVID-19

Deregulation and deforestation fuel the pandemic in the Amazon

Healthcare means going to the community

Brazil’s Yanomami people : silence, devastation, and fear

Above the marombas : the pandemic in the amphibious Amazon

The Amazon and the enigma of ‘pure luck’

A paradise under suspicion

Only a global coalition will save the indigenous peoples of the Amazon

Amazônia redux : a re-evaluation of urgent needs

Stepping softly on the earth

COP26 : cognitive dissonance

Another Brazil is possible

Epilogue : the Amazon is still at war

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version Colón, Marcos Amazon in times of war

ISBN:

9781788534390

1788534395

OCLC:

1530938364

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license