Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on January 1st, 2023 returned to power in Brazil. Nearly 200,000 people gathered in Brasilia to attend the event organised in honor of the new President, showing their happiness and euphoria around the capital city. After four years of the far-right and ultra conservative government of Jair Bolsonaro, a big part of civil society feels the possibility of a real change in Brazilian environmental and human rights policy.
Antonio Cascio is an Italian freelance photojournalist and a Reuters photographer stringer, based in Colombia. He focuses his work on social movements, environmental justice, discriminated groups, and indigenous communities. His photographs have been awarded at the Paris Photo Prize 2023, IPA, BIFA and EPA. His pictures have been published by The Guardian, Al Jazeera, El País, Mongabay News, Le Monde, CNN, BBC, DW, Earth Island, NACLA, Amnesty International, and others.
Awards Paris Photo Prize 2023 (Silver Prize in Press and Politic & State of the World Winner), International Photography Award (Honorable Mention in General News) and European Photography Award (Platinum Winner in Press)
