ARGENTINA ELECTIONS - AMAZON FIRES - CHILEAN FOLK

Newsflash (01:50): John spoke to Ducker Frontier's Latin America analyst, Alex Schober (@schobetrotter), about the economic situation in Argentina with a presidential election looming on 27 October.

Deep Dive (16:15): Laurie interviewed Dr Emilio M Bruna, professor of tropical ecology at the University of Florida and Director of the Florida-Brazil Linkage Institute. They discuss the recent fires across the Amazon and much of South America, the impact of the deforestation "tipping point" on the region, and how severe funding cuts by the Bolsonaro administration will affect Brazil's flourishing scientific community.

Brazil Budget cuts to scholarships: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02484-w

Funding cuts to research: https://jornal.usp.br/radio-usp/proposta-orcamentaria-acaba-com-fomento-a-pesquisa-do-cnpq/

Amazon fires 1: https://earthinnovation.org/2019/08/amazon-fires-what-we-know-and-what-we-can-do/

Amazon fires 2: https://ipam.org.br/deforestation-not-the-dry-season-responsible-for-amazon-burning-in-2019/

Amazon deforestation: https://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html

Culture (41:40): Finally, John caught up with Chilean folk-rock singer Camila Moreno. They discussed her upbringing, politics and influences - as well as her latest album Pangea Vol. 2, which came out on 14 October.

You can listen to it here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6HysXgnbctZmGzRS2Bqfit?si=KdIx-_VfQG-B1hVR9KKxAQ

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