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Economy & Business - September 2025
BRAZIL: Environmental setbacks threaten Amazon and trade deals
When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to the presidency of Brazil in early 2023, he promised to end the predatory environmental practices promoted by his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023), particularly in the Amazon rainforest. Initially Lula made some progress in slowing deforestation and boosting environmental protection. But Brazil’s powerful farming lobby, backed by right-wing legislators allied with former president Bolsonaro, has repeatedly fought back. This summer it launched a counteroffensive to roll back environmental protection laws and practices.
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