The introduction provides a brief overview of Bolsonaro’s military and family background, before examining how he brought people together – hence the title of the book Beef (farmers), Bible (associated with the rapidly growing and financially, powerful evangelical churches) and Bullets (politicians who defend the wider ownership of guns and a tough approach to crime).
Despite the book being largely centred on Bolsonaro’s political influence, there are some brilliant sections focusing on the Amazon rainforest, Brazil’s agricultural industry, trade and the role social media plays in its’ politics (pg 40, 45).
The extracts directly related to our curriculum and worth sharing with students are summarised below.
- Brazil’s reliance on primary goods, pg 55-56, 201-203
- Brazil’s changing wealth distribution, pg 60-62
- A description of Priamba, a favela in the north-eastern city of Fortaleza, pg 113-114
- Conflicts over the Amazon’s natural resources, pg 170-172
- Stakeholder conflicts, with a focus on indigenous tribes and miners, pg 176-178
- Using satellites to track deforestation in the Amazon, pg 185-186
- Causes of deforestation in the Amazon and the increasing international pressure on Brazil to manage it, pg 172-175 and 186-189
- Effects of deforestation on the hydrological cycle, pg 196-198
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