![]() ![]() Lula wasted no time, immediately revoking two of his predecessor's executive orders that had sped up irregular gold mining. ![]() Waved on by former President Jair Bolsonaro between 20, they helped nudge Brazil closer to the status of global pariah. From cratered riverbanks and escalating violence to deadly pathogens on Indigenous lands, wildcat gold prospectors had left their devastating mark on the Amazon basin. 1, he was steeling himself for a national emergency. Įven before Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assumed office on Jan. He is the author of The Last New World: The Conquest of the Amazon Frontier. Mac Margolis is a research editor at the Igarapé Institute and columnist with The Washington Post. He received his PhD at the University of Oxford. His latest book is Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years. He is a fellow at Princeton University, Singularity University, Bosch Academy, the Chicago Council for Global Affairs and the World Economic Forum. Robert Muggah is co-founder of the Brazil-based Igarapé Institute and SecDev Group. ![]()
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