Brazil Indigenous leaders call for govt to back demarcation of ancestral lands
The leaders of 54 Indigenous communities in Brazil called on Friday for the government to take a concrete stance on the demarcation of their ancestral lands before a key Supreme Court ruling on the...
View ArticleBrazil: at least 44 killed in a week of deadly police operations across three...
Nine people were killed Wednesday in a police operation targeting criminal gangs in Rio de Janeiro, authorities said, the latest in a week of security force raids that have left at least 44 dead...
View ArticleAmazon nations fail to agree on shared goal to end deforestation at summit in...
Eight Amazon nations agreed to a list of unified policies and measures to bolster regional cooperation at a major rainforest summit in Brazil on Tuesday, but failed to agree on a common goal for...
View ArticleBrazil's Lula urges rich countries to pay up and protect world's tropical...
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged wealthy nations Wednesday to fulfill their unkept promises to fund developing countries' fight against climate change, at a summit on saving the...
View ArticleCyclone kills at least 21 in southern Brazil, more flooding expected
Torrential rain and winds caused by an extratropical cyclone have left at least 21 people dead in southern Brazil, officials said Tuesday, warning more flooding may be coming.
View ArticleG20 summit closes with Russia, Brazil and India boasting success
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up Sunday a G20 summit that played down deep divisions over the war in Ukraine and climate change, but gave him a moment in the diplomatic spotlight.
View ArticleBrazil begins trials of pro-Bolsonaro rioters who stormed government offices
Brazil's Supreme Court opened the first trials Wednesday over the January 8 riots by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, putting four accused in the dock in one of the buildings...
View ArticleBrazil riots: Supreme court opens first trials over pro-Bolsonaro unrest
Sitting in one of the buildings that was stormed by supporters of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's Supreme Court kicked off the first trials over the January 8 riots. The court's 11...
View ArticleBrazil court sentences pro-Bolsonaro rioter to 17 years in jail for storming...
Brazil's Supreme Court announced a 17-year jail term Thursday for the first defendant tried and convicted over the storming of the seats of power by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.
View ArticleBrazil court sentences pro-Bolsonaro rioter to 17 years in jail for storming...
Brazil's Supreme Court announced a 17-year jail term Thursday for the first defendant tried and convicted over the storming of the seats of power by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.
View ArticleBrazil's Indigenous peoples celebrate massive land rights victory
A lopsided majority of Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Thursday against an effort to restrict native peoples' rights to protected reservations on their ancestral lands, in a win for Indigenous activists...
View ArticleBrazil's army deployed to transport hubs in crackdown on organised crime
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday he is sending the armed forces to boost security at some of the country's most important airports, ports and international borders as part...
View ArticleQuilombolas: The Afro Brazilians serving as guardians of the forests
Communities of descendants of African slaves who escaped forced labour to form rural villages – called quilombos – are fighting for their survival. Like other indigenous peoples whose lands are being...
View ArticleIbama: Brazil's environmental police are back on the job
When President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned to power in January, he revived Brazil's environmental police force. The Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources...
View ArticleBrazil army 'intensifies' border operations as Venezuela-Guyana territory...
Brazil's defense ministry has "intensified" operations along the country's northern border amid a mounting territorial dispute between neighbors Venezuela and Guyana, it told AFP Friday.
View ArticleUS to hold military exercises with Guyana amid border tensions with Venezuela
The United States announced joint military flight drills in Guyana on Thursday as soaring tensions over a contested oil-rich region with neighbour Venezuela prompted the UN Security Council to call an...
View ArticleVenezuelan, Guyanese presidents to meet amid tensions over oil-rich Essequibo...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart, Irfaan Ali, will meet Thursday on their countries' growing dispute over the oil-rich region of Essequibo, amid mounting international...
View ArticleVenezuela, Guyana presidents meet to 'de-escalate' tensions over disputed...
The presidents of Venezuela and Guyana met Thursday in the Caribbean for talks that analysts say could "de-escalate" tensions but will do little to resolve their countries' long-standing -- and now...
View ArticleIndigenous leader Raoni 'wants to make sure' Brazil's Lula will keep promises...
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire expressed concern that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva might fail to keep his promises on the Amazon rainforest,...
View ArticleBrazil marks one year since pro-Bolsonaro riots with 'rally for democracy'
An event dubbed a "rally for democracy" was held in Brasilia on Sunday to mark a year since thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonar stormed the presidential palace, Congress and...
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