South America

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PART OF: Sowing Lies

Misinformation Masks Livestock Farming’s Impact on Amazon Rainforest (Portuguese)

Gisele Lobato
Grantee

February 9, 2026
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PART OF: Sowing Lies

Pressure From the Agricultural Sector Alters Brazilian Schoolbook Content, Publishers Claim (Portuguese)

Gisele Lobato
Grantee

February 9, 2026
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PART OF: Orçamentômetro: Where Does Public Money Go in São Paulo?

Itaim Paulista Increases Spending on Tree Planting, but Green Coverage Expands Little (Portuguese)

Thauane Blanche
Guest Contributor

February 9, 2026
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Pulitzer Center Update

Our New Story Map: Explore 20 Years of Pulitzer Center Reporting Around the World

As we celebrate the Pulitzer Center’s 20th anniversary this year, we are excited to launch the...

Multiple Authors

February 5, 2026
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PART OF: The Land Traffickers of the Bolivian Amazon

The Struggle of the Ese Ejja of Eyiyoquibo To Return to Their 'Big House' (Video)

Nelfi Fernandez Reyes
Guest Contributor

January 28, 2026
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PART OF: Investigating the Global Shark Trade

Shark Meat Banned at Some Brazilian Schools After Pulitzer Center Journalists’ Exposé

Karla Mendes
Rainforest Investigations Fellow

January 27, 2026
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PART OF: The Land Traffickers of the Bolivian Amazon

Confined and Without Territory: Bolivia Is Pushing the Indigenous Ese Ejja People To Extinction (Spanish)

Nelfi Fernandez Reyes
Guest Contributor

January 26, 2026
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Oil and Gas Expansion in the Amazon: Climate Impacts on Urucu and Azulão

The Amazon is exploring oil and gas, with increasing risks.

Multiple Authors

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Expedition To Monitor the Isolated Indigenous People of Mamoriá Grande

A nearly invisible community faces threats.

Leão Serva
Grantee

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Testosterone: The Dehumanizing Conversion

How the hormone is part of conversion therapy for homosexuality

Multiple Authors

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PART OF: Oil and Gas Expansion in the Amazon: Climate Impacts on Urucu and Azulão

The Disconnect Between Resource Wealth and Public Neglect (Portuguese)

Multiple Authors

January 17, 2026
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Pulitzer Center Update

In a Historic Year for the Ocean, New Fellows Ready To Report on the High Seas

In 2026, the ocean will make history. On January 17, a new treaty will enter into force. It offers...

Jessica Aldred
Pulitzer Center Staff

January 16, 2026