Amazonas Suffer Record Drought
By Anita Kirpalani, Contributing Reporter AMAZONAS, BRAZIL – On October 24th, the Rio Negro (Black River), one of the tributaries...
November 2, 2010Topic
Amazon
2014 World Cup City Focus: Manaus
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Rio Times looks north, this time, to the state...
October 19, 2010
Marina Silva and Green Politics
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – In the last of the three profiles of the leading presidential...
August 31, 2010
Amazonian Isolation in Leticia
By Joshua Rapp Learn, Contributing Reporter AMAZONAS, COLOMBIA - Haphazard houses made from wooden slats and corrugated metal rooftops rise...
July 20, 2010
Boating Down the Amazon River
By Joshua Rapp Learn, Contributing Reporter AMAZONIA - The heat is overpowering by mid-afternoon, but as the brown waters swirl...
June 8, 2010
Controversial Belo Monte Dam Approved for Amazon
By Mira Olson, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The IBAMA (Brazilian Environmental Agency) issued a provisional license on February...
February 9, 2010
Amazon’s Clean Energy Gas Pipeline
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter [caption id="attachment_14887" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A view of downtown Manaus in the Amazon region, one of...
December 1, 2009
USAID and Esso/ExxonMobil, Film in Amazonas
By Ananda Alves, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_13961" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Esso/ExxonMobil headquarters in Rio: (From left to right) Director of USAID...
November 10, 2009
Brazil Limits Sugarcane Growth
By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_11218" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ethanol and sugar production plant in Piracicaba, photo by Mario Roberto...
September 22, 2009