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Tom Phillips describes his recent Amazon trip and examines the impact of the new era of wrecking ushered in by Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro. Also, Rhik Samadder on coping with depression when your job involves trying to amuse people
After Brazil’s unusually severe Amazon burning season sparked an international outcry last month, Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right government has launched a global PR campaign to try to convince the world everything is under control. With deforestation surging in the past few months, however, the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, believes Bolsonaro is intent on continuing to dismantle environmental protections.
He talks to Anushka Asthana about his 2,000km (1,200 mile) road and river journey through Rondônia and Amazonas, two of the states worst-affected by the fires. Continue reading...