The tragedy in Petrópolis is widely reported around the world, with the images occupying television news programs such as the one on the French network TF1. And different reports, such as those from Germany’s Die Zeit and the New York Times, note that it would be a result of the “climate crisis”.
That “experts say such extreme weather events are becoming more common with global warming.” In the case of Brazil, adds the Wall Street Journal, it happened in several regions in recent months.
But another coverage reflects alarm about the environment in Brazil. The German Süddeutsche Zeitung, for example, highlighted the extensive report “Brazil is threatened by a poison boom” (picture above), about a project at the end of a vote in Congress.
Last year, “more than 500 agricultural poisons were approved, more than ever before”, and the project will “drive approvals”.
“One man makes this possible: Jair Bolsonaro. He won the 2018 elections with the help of powerful cattle ranchers and large landowners. He has since promoted an agricultural lobbyist to agriculture minister and cut funding from environmental agencies.”
It is the ministry that would decide on new pesticides, leaving health and environmental authorities “only an advisory role”.
The coverage pressure is largely on two German companies, Bayer and Basf, “who make money” with pesticides used in Brazil and “not approved in Europe.” The Süddeutsche warns that “papaya, mango and many other fruits from Brazil that reach German supermarkets are contaminated”.
‘KILLED OUR KAMILA’
The shadow of war took a backseat on Thursday (17) in some of the main Russian newspapers, with the Moskovskij Komsomolets, which headlined “The Murder of Valieva”. In Komsomolskaya Pravda, “The world that ate Kamila”.
In Argumenty i Fakty (above), “They Killed Our Kamila”, with a roundup of even more dramatic reactions on Russian social media. Two other skaters in the country took gold and silver, but the 15-year-old collapsed on a doping charge and even made the American NBC narrator cry.
