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Few places on earth carry the weight that the Amazon does. It regulates rainfall across continents, stores centuries worth of carbon, and shelters a biodiversity so vast that scientists are still ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: A tour of Brazil’s wildly polarised politics
The clash between the two men and their followers has defined Brazilian politics since. In 2025, for a brief moment, it looked as if the country might be preparing to move on, as Mr Bolsonaro was ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Top US Diplomat in Brazil Plans Amazon Visit Amid Political, Trade Rift
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: Despite gains combating deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon, forest degradation is a looming threat
SAO PAULO (AP) — 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 ...
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: Lula to pave highway through untouched part of Brazilian Amazon
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says the government will invest $75 million to pave and improve a highway running through a largely untouched section of the Amazon. That’s fueling ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Brazilian police expand program to trace gold from illegal Amazon mines, nab smugglers
Brazil expands gold-tracing to combat cross-border smuggling Interpol's Gaia Project supports global adoption of Brazil's tracing method Amazon Police Cooperation Center aids in tackling environmental ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: In the Brazilian Amazon, a Catholic Indigenous community endures amid land invasions and government neglect
Cristina de Souza and Bernardo Alves at the Sateré-Mawé Health and General Monitoring Base in the Andirá-Marau Indigenous Territory of Brazil in July. Credit: Hannah Lima Farbiarz In the creation ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Brazil environment minister, climate summit star, faces political struggle at home
COP30 caps agenda for 'ecological transformation' of Brazil Conservative Congress threatens to undercut Lula's vows Environment minister who once broke with Lula now backs him BELEM, Brazil, Nov 26 ...
News Brazil » Amazonas » Politics: Brazilian Bestseller on Leadership Under Pressure Debuts Worldwide in English
Political strategist Alberto Lage and psychologist Iracema Rezende explore the emotional pressures shaping campaigns, leadership, and decision-making far beyond politics.London, United ...
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 ...