South America

Brazil rejects G7 aid to fight Amazon fires: govt

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a…

New fires rage in Amazon as Brazil military planes battle flames

by Jordi Miro with Allison Jackson in Rio de Janeiro PORTO VELHO, Brazil (AFP) -- Hundreds of new fires have…

UK pledges £10 mn for fire-ravaged Amazon

BIARRITZ, France (AFP) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday pledged £10 million ($12.3 million) to help restore the…

Brazil’s Bolsonaro authorizes army to help fight Amazon fires

  by Carlos Fabal, with Allison Jackson in Rio de Janeiro Agence France Presse PORTO VELHO, Brazil (AFP) -- President…

UN, France raise concern over Amazon wildfires ‘crisis’

by Giovanna FLEITAS / with Jorge SVARTZMAN in Rio de Janeiro SALVADOR, Brazil (AFP) -- Paris and the United Nations…

Forest fires in Brazil surge as deforestation accelerates

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- The number of forest fires in Brazil surged in the first eight months of 2019,…

Brazil’s Bolsonaro blames Amazon fires on NGOs as Twitter erupts

by Johannes MYBURGH Agence France-Presse   SALVADOR, Brazil(AFP) - Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil have ignited a…

Maduro supporters demonstrate against US sanctions

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Thousands of supporters of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro marched through the capital Caracas on Wednesday in…

US warns off Venezuela allies as Lima meeting opens

by Luis Jaime CISNEROS / Francisco JARA LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Washington warned China and Russia on Tuesday to avoid…

Inmates behind Brazil deadly prison riot transferred

by Allison JACKSON ALTAMIRA, Brazil (AFP) -- Forty-six inmates involved in one of Brazil's deadliest prison riots were being transferred…

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