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Nearly 300 fires recorded in Amazon basin since beginning of 2021, most in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Nearly 300 fires have been recorded in the Amazon since the beginning of 2021, mostly concentrated in Brazil, where...
Analysis: How and why counterfeit products are so common in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With a high economic power concentration, São Paulo is the largest distribution center for counterfeit goods in Brazil.
Every week,...
Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras plans to drill off the Amazon river mouth in 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian oil company Petrobras plans to start drilling oil wells next year in the controversial concessions it was...
Interpol operations in 13 Latin American countries seized 200,000 weapons, made 4,000 arrests and dismantled drug labs
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Interpol dealt a "major blow" to arms trafficking in Latin America in an operation that led to the seizure...
In-depth: New, More Contagious, More Deadly Covid-19 Strain Likely Source of Surge in Amazonas
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A new variety of Covid-19 which seems to have developed in far-western Amazonas state is faster, stronger, and more...
UK Bans Arrivals From South America Over Brazil Coronavirus Variant
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Britain will ban arrivals from South American countries and Portugal because of concerns over a new Brazilian variant of...
Argentina’s Progressive Agenda Rekindles Left-wing Hopes in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The legal abortion law passed on December 29th in Argentina has mobilized the Latin American left-wing.
Having lost the hegemony...
Argentina, in Social Rights Milestone for Latin America, Legalizes Abortion,
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - It is law. In Argentina, women who decide to terminate their pregnancy can do so legally, safely and free...
Deforestation Wiped out 8% of Amazon in 18 Years: Study
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (AFP) Deforestation in the Amazon destroyed an area bigger than Spain from 2000 to 2018, wiping out eight percent...
Amazon: Indigenous Peoples Most Affected by Covid-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - To date there are now over 63,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 1,896 deaths among indigenous communities in the Amazon,...
Barbados to Become Republic in November 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Caribbean island of Barbados wants to remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a...
Brazil Prepares Reaction to Europe on Amazon Destruction
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Vice-President Hamilton Mourão said yesterday that the government will use diplomacy to address the dissatisfaction expressed by a number...
The Monroe Doctrine: Occasionally Pronounced Dead, It Lingers On
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On December 2nd, 1823, US President James Monroe delivered a speech to Congress on the State of the Union....
US Raises Security Alert for Travel to Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The US State Department has raised the alert level for tourists traveling to Brazil and for those visiting certain...