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The top US diplomat in Brazil is set to travel to the Amazon this week to discuss deforestation and organized crime in the region, according to two people familiar with the plans. US Chargé d’Affaires ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Lula calls oil near the Amazon River a passport to Brazil's future after Petrobras strikes new find
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday that oil drilling in northern and northeastern coastal regions could be “a passport to the country’s future” after visiting ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Amazon oil find gives Brazil's Lula reelection campaign a boost, but returns are far from certain
Brazil's oil discovery in an exploratory well in a controversial offshore frontier off the Amazon coast last week has handed President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a fresh boost for his reelection ...
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: Despite gains combating deforestation in Brazil's Amazon, forest degradation is a looming threat
SAO PAULO — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply slowed deforestation in the Amazon, and indeed it has. When the next official annual ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Brazil suspends Amazon Soy Moratorium, raising fears of deforestation spike
Brazil’s antitrust regulator suspended a key mechanism for rainforest protection, the Amazon Soy Moratorium, on Aug. 18, less than three months before the nation hosts the COP30 climate summit. The ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Brazil fast-tracks paving controversial highway in Amazon with new licensing rule
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Brazil’s Senate approved an environmental licensing bill that could expedite major infrastructure projects, including paving a highway that cuts ...
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: Key Amazon cases reach Brazil’s Supreme Court following Lula's defeats in Congress
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's Supreme Court is set to weigh a series of cases in the coming days that could reshape protections for the Amazon rainforest and the Indigenous communities that depend on it.
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Save the Amazon or Drill for Oil? Brazil Says It Can Do Both.
Brazil, which is hosting the 30th U.N. Climate Change Conference this month, wants to show the world it’s a leader in safeguarding the planet. Its record tells a more complicated story. By Ana Ionova ...