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Brazil’s indigenous people are best positioned to protect the Amazon

What world leaders are saying about the forest fires in the Amazon

Bolsonaro blames NGOs for Amazon fires

Why Bolsonaro’s comments matter

Bolsonaro wants to appoint his son as U.S. ambassador, and Trump agrees

Bolsonaro revokes hardline firearms decrees

Why are inmates still dying in Brazil’s violent prisons?

In photos: Brazil’s second round of education protests

Brazil’s university students to Bolsonaro: Don’t cut the education budget

Bolsonaro’s admission of weakness sparks discussions of his impeachment

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Latin America Reports: The Podcast

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Marcela Torres is the former CEO of Hola Code, a Mexican social enterprise that provides software development training for refugees and migrants who have returned to Mexico after having lived in the U.S. She was recently named winner of the ‘Entrepreneur’ category in the list of Latin America’s top innovators under the age of 35 published by MIT Technology Review. In honour of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science earlier this month, we interviewed Torres about being a female CEO of a tech company in Latin America, a region lacking support and funding for women working in STEM.

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