A year after Brazil dam collapse: What’s changed?
BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AFP) - Florence GOISNARD Brazil marks the first anniversary of the Brumadinho dam collapse Saturday, one of the…
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Flooding, landslides kill six in Brazil
RIO DE JAINEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains have claimed six lives in southeast…
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Amazon indigenous leaders accuse Brazil of ‘genocide’ policy
PIARACU, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's pledge to open up the Amazon to mining companies was tantamount to…
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon up 85 percent in 2019
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) - Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85 percent in 2019, compared with the…
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Facebook fined $1.65 mn by Brazil
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil on Monday fined Facebook $1.65 million for improperly sharing users' data in a case linked to…
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Revised data shows deforestation in Brazil Amazon at decade high
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil on Thursday released revised statistics showing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest surpassed 10,000 square kilometers…
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Bolsonaro: China part of Brazil’s future
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China is increasingly part of Brazil's future, President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday, signaling a more pragmatic…
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‘I’m back’: Brazil’s Lula fills leftist leadership void
by Louis Genot, with Jordi Miro in Brasilia RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Out of jail and full of…
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Brazil in ‘civil war,’ says head of Congress’ pro-gun faction
by Jordi Miro with Pascale Trouillaud BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil is caught in a "civil war" of crime and…
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Massive wildfires hit southern Brazil’s Pantanal
SAO PAULO, United States (AFP) -- Wildfires are raging across the Pantanal tropical wetlands in southern Brazil, one of…
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The pirarucu: the giant prized fish of the Amazon
by Maira RENOU RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Its white flesh is tender and tasty, it can measure up…
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World’s loudest bird sings heart out in pursuit of love
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- In the mountainous northern Amazon, a tiny white-plumed suitor turns to face…
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