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Fake news floods social media during Bolivia’s presidential election

The primary target of online smear campaigns is the current president and front-runner Evo Morales

What you need to know about the upcoming elections in Bolivia

Bolivians will vote for president Sunday and can decide the fate of the project for the transformation of the country

Bolivia elections | Evo Morales’ victory could mean progressive cycle is not over

Foreign relations professor Igor Fuser looks into the relevance of the Oct. 20 election in Bolivia for South America

Video | Black youth are the primary victims of violent crime in Brazil

The Amazon Synod, the latest data on poverty, and Brazil's most popular rap group are also featured on this week's show

Ten years of change in Brazil and Bolivia through the eyes of a Bolivian immigrant

Migrant worker will take a bus from São Paulo to La Paz a week before the Bolivian presidential elections to vote

Video | Landless Workers’ Movement is Latin America’s largest organic rice producer

Healthy eating, agroecology, and some of the hottest topics of the week are on What's Happening in Brazil

Brazilian households have become poorer, survey says

As few as 2.7% of households own nearly 20% of all the money received by households in the country, official data show

“30 versus 3”: the unequal battle between Vale and the people affected by its dams

Miner uses its financial powers to hire huge legal teams to fight the victims of its activities in Brazil

Four suspects in Marielle Franco murder case arrested

Suspects include the wife and brother-in-law of former police officer accused of killing Rio councilwoman and her driver

Stedile: with no bedrock support or project, Bolsonaro tends to become more isolated

Brazilian landless workers’ leader argues that the Brazilian government’s contradictions are becoming increasingly clear

Only 8% of murder cases in Brazil’s rural areas made it to trial in 33 years: report

Country reported 1,940 killings in rural areas in more than three decades, but only 135 suspects were convicted

Lula: I will not trade my dignity for my freedom

Lula declared in a letter that he will only accept leaving prison when Brazil’s justice system recognizes his innocence

Video | The involvement of illegal militias in the murder of Marielle Franco

This week, What's Happening in Brazil reports on Rio's illegal militias, Bolsonaro's address to the UN and more

Female inmates are forced to sit on ant hill in Brazilian prison: report

Bar Association reported human rights violations against inmates in prison facilities in Pará, northern Brazil

Video | An anti-environment and anti-science policy

This week's episode of "What's Happening in Brazil" brings the country's environmental issues to the forefront

Outrage in Rio and across Brazil after 8-year-old girl ‘shot dead by police’

Ágatha Félix was shot in the back on Friday; family and activists blame Rio governor for shoot-to-kill policies

“Bayer Monsanto means death”: MST women protest outside company HQ in São Paulo

Rally is part of global mobilization to advocate for the environment and fight the use of pesticides

Brasil de Fato premieres new TV show for English-speaking audiences

New weekly show “What’s Happening in Brazil” will feature current events and Brazilian culture to Ghana-based TV channel

Brazilian state declares emergency for wildfires in the Pantanal biome

One million hectares engulfed by fires in 40 days in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul

Brazil’s attorney general files to remove Marielle Franco case to federal court

Federal police report shows “plot” by police officers, militiamen, and former Court of Audit officer to obstruct justice