Six months on, is something positive coming from the killings that shocked the world?
unday 5 June started peacefully for Dom Phillips. The British journalist was in the rainforest on a reporting trip for his book, How to Save the Amazon. Just after dawn he got in a small launch with his friend and guide, Bruno Pereira, and they travelled up the Itaquaí River, only the sound of the birds and the motor breaking the comforting silence. But then they were ambushed and both men were shot dead.
The murder of a universally liked journalist and a highly respected Indigenous activist was a shock, but it has brought people together in unimaginable ways. Hundreds of Phillips’ friends and family exchanged hugs and stories at services in Rio de Janeiro and London. DJs who knew him from his time editing Mixmag held tribute nights. And universities are hosting conferences on the issues Phillips and Pereira’s deaths brought to the world’s attention.
The pair’s influence has been felt on a grand scale, too. When they died, Bolsonaro slandered them, suggesting they only had themselves to blame for travelling in a dangerous region. The murders – combined with a growing awareness of the climate crisis – led to a renewed focus on the Amazon, and perhaps even contributed to Bolsonaro’s defeat in this October’s general election.
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