SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply ...

Drug traffickers, illegal miners and criminal syndicates are rapidly expanding across the Amazon, pushing the rainforest closer to ecological collapse.

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury ...

An increase of just 0.03% in illegal gold mining is associated with a 20 to 46% increase in the local incidence of malaria in ...

Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America have sent a letter to the United Nations warning that ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged ...

(Corrects first paragraph to say Brazil is a ⁠priority ⁠investment market, not the highest ⁠priority investment market; company statement in paragraph 7) SAO PAULO, March 3 (Reuters) - Amazon launched ...

Nubank (NU) and Amazon's (AMZN) Brazil unit formed a partnership that will expand payment options for customers shopping on the Amazon.com.br store, the companies said on Wednesday. Nubank's ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Brazilian authorities destroyed 277 illegal gold-mining dredges on the Madeira River with Interpol support, ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Claudia Maria de Oliveira is leery of online shopping. But while browsing social media recently, the 49-year-old Brazilian spotted a bargain-priced sandwich press from local ...