John Otis

John Otis appears in the following:

Conservation efforts have brought back an endangered species of fish in the Amazon

Saturday, December 03, 2022

The pirarucu, the giant fish of the Amazon, was an endangered species. Due to conservation efforts, it's making a comeback.

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Brazil's President-elect Lula will address protection of the Amazon rainforest at COP27

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is heading to the COP27 summit this week, to reassure the world that Amazon rainforest is in safe hands.

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Russia's invasion has prompted Biden to offer reconciliation to Venezuela's president

Friday, November 04, 2022

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted the Biden administration to extend an olive branch to Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro.

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The U.S. is trying to mend ties with Venezuela. One big reason? Oil

Thursday, November 03, 2022

The Biden administration has extended an olive branch to Venezuela. It might sway Caracas to resume talks with the opposition for elections, and eventually let Venezuelan oil back on the world market.

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How an ex-president who had been jailed rose back to power over Brazil's far right

Monday, October 31, 2022

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made a stunning political comeback by defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. But he could face a short honeymoon — and a long four years in office.

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Lula beats far-right President Bolsonaro to win Brazil election

Sunday, October 30, 2022

The results bring to a close the most consequential election in Brazil in decades. Now, President-elect da Silva faces the huge task of reinvigorating Brazil's economy.

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This Amazon road led to vast deforestation. Brazil's Bolsonaro plans to pave it

Friday, October 28, 2022

President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection Sunday, has pledged to fully pave BR-319 and turn it into a kind of jungle expressway, raising alarm from environmental groups.

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He's known as Chile's greatest poet, but feminists say Pablo Neruda is canceled

Saturday, October 15, 2022

"He's been canceled," a Chilean activist says of 20th century poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda. Five decades after his death, feminists are denouncing him as a male chauvinist and sexual predator.

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What music means to those who were blinded in the 2019 mass protests in Chile

Monday, October 10, 2022

Music has brought solace and companionship for some of those who were blinded in the 2019 mass protests in Chile.

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For Chileans blinded in police violence, making music has become one path to healing

Monday, October 10, 2022

All members of Hacía la Victoria ("Onward to Victory") sustained eye injuries during clashes with police in anti-government protests in 2019. Their lyrics focus on police brutality and their own pain.

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Feminists in Chile are fighting to repaint Pablo Neruda's legacy

Saturday, October 08, 2022

The legacy of the Nobel-prize winning Chilean poet is in trouble. In the latest controversy Chiles' feminist movement is calling out Pablo Neruda as a male chauvinist and a sexual predator.

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Defying preelection polls, a divided Brazil heads to a presidential runoff

Sunday, October 02, 2022

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the left-wing former president, won more votes than right-wing incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, but not enough to win outright in the 11-candidate race.

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What's at stake on election day in Brazil

Sunday, October 02, 2022

It's election day in one of the worlds largest democracies, Brazil, and people there and abroad are holding their breath and hoping the result will be respected.

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Brazil's election could determine the fate of the Amazon after record deforestation

Saturday, October 01, 2022

Under President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection in Sunday's vote, forest clearing and wildfires have surged in the Amazon.

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The fate of the Amazon rainforest may rest on the results of Brazil's vote on Sunday

Friday, September 30, 2022

After record deforestation and environmental deregulation in the past few years, the result of the Brazilian election could very well determine the fate of the Amazon rainforest.

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In Chile's desert lie vast reserves of lithium — key for electric car batteries

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Chile is part of a South American region known as the "lithium triangle," where miners are trying to meet skyrocketing demand for the material.

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As demand for electric cars grows, Chileans face the effects of lithium mining

Saturday, September 17, 2022

The South American country of Chile has become a center of lithium mining, which has boomed as demand for electric car batteries has risen. But what are the environmental costs?

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Brazil celebrates independence day ahead of presidential election

Wednesday, September 07, 2022

Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are flocking to Rio's most famous beach to celebrate Independence day - and a military display with an ominous undertow ahead of next month's election.

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On Independence Day, Brazil's president plans to flaunt his military ties

Wednesday, September 07, 2022

President Bolsonaro is urging supporters to take to the streets for Independence Day. This may be a precursor to more verbal attacks on democratic institutions ahead of next month's elections.

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Chile rejects its new constitution

Monday, September 05, 2022

Chile has voted a resounding NO to a proposed constitution that would have put a focus on social issues and gender parity, enshrine rights for the indigenous population, and address climate change.

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