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Brazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in Amazon wildfires was orchestrated. Fire counts have tripled since Oct. 4, coinciding with national elections. The wildfires ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Amazon fire probe targets political motive as Manaus records its worst air quality crisis in recent memory
Brazil investigates whether the Amazon's record October fire surge was deliberately set, as Manaus chokes and Sunday's presidential runoff closes in.
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Brazil's indigenous voters deep in Amazon struggle to cast ballots
Brazil's Indigenous voters deep in Amazon struggle to cast ballots - Brazilian prosecutors and Indigenous organizations are pushing for transportation guarantees for Indigenous voters in Sunday's elec ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Brazil says Amazon deforestation fell to the lowest level since 1988
Brazil's government announces that annual deforestation in the Amazon has fallen to its lowest level since 1988.
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon hits nearly 4-decade low
The data was hailed by leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who reiterated his goal to achieve zero illegal deforestation by 2030.
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Brazil’s Amazonas Declares Fire Emergency in 36 Towns
Brazil's Amazonas state declared a fire emergency in 36 towns on 10 October as smoke covered Manaus. Federal aircraft and 290 firefighters are arriving.
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Flávio Bolsonaro’s Advance in Brazil’s Election Is Grim News for the Climate
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. More fire, more ash, more crime, more death. And a globally important ecosystem ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Brazil’s Amazonas debates gas market opening
Brazil's remote Amazonas state is in the throes of a political dispute over the opening of the natural gas market, a move that proponents say would unlock substantial reserves. State lawmakers ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Brazil has protected much of the Amazon. It now has to pay for it.
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Brazil has built one of the world’s most important protected-area systems, but a new study finds that most federal protected areas remain ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Colombia's vote may reshape the Amazon's future as political winds shift across Latin America
BOGOTA, Colombia — The rise of Abelardo de la Espriella, a businessman and lawyer set to be Colombia’s next president, is raising questions about whether political shifts underway across Latin America ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits lowest level on record
Data show a 42 percent drop in forest clearance from a year earlier, giving Lula a boost before the election run-off.