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Weekly Report - 14 December 2023 (WR-23-50)
BRAZIL: Rising opposition to pesticides bill
US-based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement on 11 December calling on Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to veto a controversial bill (PL 1459/2022) to loosen regulations on the use of pesticides, which was approved by congress on 28 November. Environmentalist groups have referred to the bill as the ‘pacote do veneno’ (poison package). This marks another flashpoint in the ongoing tensions between the ruralist caucus and President Lula, who has already exercised his veto this year to partially reject legislation favoured by agribusiness.
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