Activists in Brazil hope to raise awareness that illegal mining activity has sparked a crisis on Indigenous lands.
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Defence of Indigenous lands in Brazil still poses many dangers, a year after killing of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips.
Marica pays its residents a universal basic income, using its own digital currency, and procures its own COVID-19 jabs.
![Jandira Freitas shows off her mumbuca card — aid in the form of digital currency — that helped her start her own small business in the socialist city of Marica, Brazil, where she lives [Monica Yanakiew/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Jandira-and-Mumbuca-card.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
In Rio de Janeiro, tourism has been hit hard by the pandemic, but neighbourhood guides reveal a new side to the city.
![Rio de Janeiro's Babilonia neighbourhood may be a far cry from the ancient city of Babylon after which it was named, but the shantytown boasts its own lost hanging gardens and breathtaking views of the city [Credit: Monica Yanakiew/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/view-from-Babilonia-.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has made a show of his admiration for and close ties to US President Donald Trump.
![Weeks after Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in the United States election, Bolsonaro (left) still has not recognised Biden's victory [File: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2019-03-19T183908Z_1143068894_RC1D17EE2A00_RTRMADP_3_USA-BRAZIL.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Analysts say the municipal vote provides a strong signal for where Brazil is headed and where the government stands.
![Women wait to vote during municipal elections along the Negro River banks in Catalao, Brazil [Bruno Kelly/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-15T181305Z_789895210_RC2U3K997U79_RTRMADP_3_BRAZIL-ELECTIONS-e1605469897582.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Brazil inaugurates its first cemetery memorial to coronavirus victims, while the pandemic is still claiming lives.
Despite the destruction of its natural treasures, President Bolsonaro has said Brazil is an ‘example for the world’ in its handling of the environment.
Legal disputes between mayors, governors and trade unions have left students and teachers in limbo.
The large fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest have begun spreading into untouched areas.
