The Brazilian government, through the environmental regulator IBAMA, has granted Petrobras a license for exploratory oil drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River. Despite environmental and ...

Deforestation in Brazil worsens under Lula despite green pledgesFires and drought devastate Amazon, erasing climate ...

A new EDF report finds over 10 million people in Brazil’s Amazon cities breathe unsafe air, causing 3,000 premature deaths ...

The projected 10% cut is far short of the 60% emissions drop needed by 2035 to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius ...

Rio has been the scene of lethal police raids for decades. In March 2005, some 29 people were killed in Rio’s Baixada ...

A woman in her 80s was found dead on an Australian island after being left behind by her cruise ship. Authorities call her ...

Israel mounted a deadly response to the killing of an IDF reservist in an area of Gaza designated as being an Israeli zone ...

The Brazilian government heard over 4,000 recommendations on what the country’s infrastructure should look like over the next ...

At least 64 people have reportedly been killed in Rio de Janeiro’s worst-ever day of violence as more than 2,500 officers and ...

Failing to expand Indigenous and protected lands n Brazil's Amazon could trigger a surge in deforestation, according to analysis released Tuesday, however designating some 63.4 million hectares more ...

Violence erupted yesterday in Rio de Janeiro after Brazilian police launched a raid against the notorious Comando Vermelho ...

The layoffs are slated to take place on January 26th and are a portion of the 14,000 layoffs company-wide Senate Democrats ...