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Image from a poster depicting a toucan at the new exhibition, "Imaginary Amazon," at the University of San Diego, featuring works by contemporary artists, many of them Indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon. 

‘Imaginary Amazon’ exhibition counters negative stereotypes through contemporary art

Arts, Culture & Media

University Art Gallery at San Diego State University has just unveiled an exhibit, “The Imaginary Amazon,” featuring works by contemporary artists, many of them Indigenous inhabitants of the forest. The artists’ intent is to address some of the stereotypical Western perspectives of the Amazon.

Felled trees on Karipuna territory in the Amazonian state of Rondônia.

Lula empowers Brazil’s Indigenous peoples with their own ministry. But environmental protection remains a key concern.

Environment
people in the crowd

Evangelicals in Brazil want to make contact with Indigenous groups. But why?

Sacred Nation
Protesting farmers ride tractors and shout slogans as they march to the capital, breaking police barricades, during India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India

India repeals controversial farm laws after a year of protests

Top of The World
Sylvia Whitman, proprietor of the English and American literature Shakespeare and Co. bookstore, checks her messages on her phone in Paris, France, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020.

A new law in France aims to protect indie bookshops against outsized Amazon competition

Books
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Jeff Bezos in profile

The rise, future and legacy of Bezos and Amazon

Business

What accounts for the extraordinary rise of Amazon, and what does that rise tell us about ourselves?

Greenpeace activists hold signs between two ice sculptures depicting US President Donald Trump and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro across the Hudson River from UN headquarters in the Queens borough of New York City, Sept. 30, 2020.

US election could have profound effect on Bolsonaro’s Brazil

Foreign policy

Repercussions from the American presidential contest are being felt around the world, and Brazil — where people are closely following the electoral race — is no exception.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is shown wearing a dark suit and standing behind a microphone with a Turkish flag nearby.

‘Draconian’ social media legislation passed in Turkey; Trump administration issues DACA memo; Tech CEOs testify.

Top of The World

Turkey’s parliament adopted a new social media law Wednesday that critics say will create a “chilling effect” on dissenting voices. And, following a recent Supreme Court defeat, the Trump administration said Tuesday that it will now reject new applications for DACA. Also, the CEOs of global tech giants Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple testify before Congress on Wednesday over their market dominance.

oxxo

In Mexico, e-commerce comes to the corner store

Business

Analysts say Oxxo has seized on a lucrative opportunity to cement itself into the e-commerce supply chain in places where online shopping is not the seamless affair it is in wealthy countries.

The 25 youth plaintiffs represent 17 cities in Colombia, including four within the Amazon rainforest.

Colombian high court grants personhood to Amazon rainforest in case against country’s government

It has a proper name. Now, the Amazon rainforest has been granted personhood in Colombia in a court ruling that also orders government officials to reduce deforestation in the Amazon region.

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