Mia Alberti

Mia Alberti

Mia Alberti is a Portuguese journalist, filmmaker and producer at Al Jazeera’s interactive news hour #AJNewsGrid. She has reported from across Europe. 

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Environment

Brazil NGOs must search for alternative funds to save the Amazon

Bolsonaro's policies, deforestation prompt Germany, Norway to halt Amazon Fund support, leaving some NGOs scrambling.

Brazil NGOs must search for alternative funds to save the Amazon

Indigenous rights

'Surrounded, afraid': The indigenous guardians of Brazil's Amazon

Indigenous people crucial to the Amazon's protection fear 'genocide' and their land's destruction under Bolsonaro.

'Surrounded, afraid': The indigenous guardians of Brazil's Amazon

Latin America

Bolsonaro to draft measures on indigenous land demarcations

Indigenous groups decry Brazilian government's policy towards land demarcation and exploration of their territory.

Bolsonaro to draft measures on indigenous land demarcations

Environment

Brazil's Amazon is burning: 'Some families lost everything'

Indigenous families fight to save their homes and land as fires rage on in parts of Brazil's Amazon.

Brazil's Amazon is burning: 'Some families lost everything'

Workers' Rights

'Work until you die, or die working': Workers strike in Brazil

Thousands protest against far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's pension reforms proposal.

'Work until you die, or die working': Workers strike in Brazil

Latin America

Brazil: Teachers, students protest 'scandalous cuts' to education

Tens of thousands accuse President Jair Bolsonaro of using education as a political weapon to advance his agenda.

Brazil: Teachers, students protest 'scandalous cuts' to education

Indigenous rights

Indigenous groups in Brazil march for land rights

Members of more than 300 indigenous groups protest against the right-wing government of Jair Bolsonaro.

Indigenous groups in Brazil march for land rights

Indigenous rights

'Now belongs to us': Women take lead in Brazil's indigenous fight

Escalation of violence against indigenous groups in Brazil pushes growing number of native women to lead the movement.

'Now belongs to us': Women take lead in Brazil's indigenous fight

Indigenous rights

Brazil: Native groups protest against 'anti-indigenous' Bolsonaro

Thousands from indigenous communities across Brazil gather for annual event to protest against attacks on native rights.

Brazil: Native groups protest against 'anti-indigenous' Bolsonaro

Latin America

Brazil's ex-President Michel Temer arrested in corruption probe

Michel Temer detained in Rio as part of the anti-corruption investigation known as 'Car Wash'.

Brazil's ex-President Michel Temer arrested in corruption probe

Brazil

'Marielle lives!' Brazil remembers slain activist

Marielle Franco was killed a year ago but has since become a symbol of resistance in Brazil.

'Marielle lives!' Brazil remembers slain activist

Latin America

A year after Marielle Franco's murder, violence still haunts Rio

Rights groups say there were record number of police killings and racial violence in the Brazilian city in 2018.

A year after Marielle Franco's murder, violence still haunts Rio