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Climate Disasters in Latin America Threaten Global Food Security

22-07-2022 16:23 Latin American food production in 2021 was impacted by climate change, and this trend will continue, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. Droughts and floods have led to thousands suffering from food insecurity and have had global impact.

Amazon Rainforest

Brazilian Amazon lost 18 trees per second in 2021

18-07-2022 13:18 18 trees lost per second from Brazilian Amazon in 2021, according to new report. Deforestation is up 20 percent.

ENVIRONMENT

Race to find Brazil Amazon species before they disappear

14-07-2022 00:32 In a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon, a scientific expedition is cataloguing species. Time is of the essence.

Amazon Rainforest

Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record

04-07-2022 13:06 Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon reached a record level during the first half of 2022, national space agency reveals.

Murder in the Amazon

Bodies of two men murdered in Brazilian Amazon returned to families

24-06-2022 11:13 Bodies of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira handed over to their families, nearly two-and-a-half weeks after they were killed in Brazil's Amazon.

Murder in the Amazon

Fish trade's murky waters cloud double murder in Amazon

22-06-2022 11:16 The pirarucú is one impressive fish – but what has it got to do with the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira?

Murder in the Amazon

Police say British journalist and Brazilian guide shot in Amazon killings

18-06-2022 21:13 British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, whose disappearance in the Amazon some two weeks ago sparked an international outcry, were killed by gunfire, Brazilian police confirm.

Murder in the Amazon

Brazil police '99% sure' that bodies found in Amazon are missing duo

17-06-2022 09:44 Suspect reveals where bodies of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira are buried; Police say they’re ‘99%’ sure that remains found in Amazon are missing duo; Bolsonaro blamed as evidence mounts of murders.

KILLED IN THE AMAZON

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: two men who loved the Amazon

16-06-2022 13:03 Veteran British freelance journalist Dom Phillips and respected Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira shared a passion for the farthest reaches of the Amazon rainforest. The duo, both courageous adventurers who loved the rainforest and its peoples, each defended the region in his own way.

Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira

Suspect confesses to burying bodies of two men missing in Amazon

16-06-2022 10:46 One of two men arrested over the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Brazilian Amazon confesses to having buried the pair in the jungle.

Vale do Javari

How Brazil's Javari Valley became a criminal haven

14-06-2022 14:18 The Javari Valley is one of the remotest places on Earth, a vast expanse of thick jungle in northwestern Brazil near the Peruvian and Colombian borders. It is also a haven for drug-trafficking and environmental crimes.

MISSING IN AMAZON

Calls mount for Brazil to find missing journalist, indigenous expert

09-06-2022 00:43 Brazilian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a British journalist and a local indigenous expert in the Amazon, police said, as calls mounted for officials to deliver answers on what happened to them.

CONCERNS AFTER THREATS

British journalist, indigenous expert missing in Brazil

06-06-2022 21:17 A British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert have gone missing in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest after receiving threats, authorities and indigenous-rights groups said Monday, raising fears for their safety.

Forest Fires

Fires surge in May in Brazilian Amazon, Cerrado

01-06-2022 15:34 Brazil registered the highest number of fires in the Amazon for the month of May since 2004, and the highest ever for the Cerrado savanna region last month, according to official figures released Wednesday.

Rainforest Destruction

Deforestation surges in Brazil Atlantic Forest: report

26-05-2022 20:20 Deforestation surged 66 percent last year in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, according to a new report, compounding fears over the rampant destruction of the Amazon rainforest further north.

BILLIONAIRE VISITS BRAZIL

Musk, Bolsonaro talk free speech, deforestation in Brazil

21-05-2022 08:25 Elon Musk’s efforts to buy Twitter received the enthusiastic backing of President Jair Bolsonaro during a short and unexpected visit to Brazil.

BILLIONAIRE IN BRAZIL

Musk to meet Bolsonaro in Brazil, launch plan to survey and connect Amazon

20-05-2022 12:30 Billionaire Elon Musk arrived in Brazil Friday, announcing a project to bring internet access to schools in the Amazon and improve satellite monitoring of the rainforest.

ENVIRONMENT

Brazil responds to less than 3% of deforestation alerts, study reveals

04-05-2022 16:02 An environmental monitor said Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro's government has responded to less than three percent of deforestation alerts, a sign that "impunity reigns" in the destruction of Brazil's forests.

Climate Crisis

10 football pitches of pristine rainforest lost per minute in 2021

30-04-2022 15:42 Huge swathes of tropical rainforest were burned or hacked down for cattle and crops last year, led by destruction in Brazil, researchers said Thursday, warning that climate change itself is making it harder to reverse the losses.

Climate Crisis

Bolsonaro responds after DiCaprio urges Brazil youth to vote

30-04-2022 15:30 Jair Bolsonaro fires back after US actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio urged Brazilian youth to register to vote in the country's October elections – implying they should vote against the far-right president.

Environment

Indigenous lands block Brazil deforestation, concludes study

20-04-2022 16:26 Brazil's indigenous reservations have acted as a barrier against deforestation over the past three decades, although destruction of the Amazon rainforest has accelerated recently under President Jair Bolsonaro.

Environment

Ecuador expands oil extraction from protected nature reserve in Amazon

15-04-2022 15:32 Extraction of 3,600 barrels per day has begun in the Ishpingo oil field, which together with nearby fields Tiputini and Tambococha holds more than 40 percent of the country's proven crude reserves.

Land Rights

Report: Illegal mining and abuses surge on Brazil indigenous land

11-04-2022 17:50 Illegal gold mining surged by a record amount last year on Brazil's biggest indigenous reservation according to a report published Monday, which detailed chilling accounts of abuses by miners.

Mining

Report: Mining firms targeting Brazil protected indigenous lands

23-02-2022 13:04 Major mining companies are seeking to expand to currently protected indigenous lands in the Amazon rainforest, bolstered by billions of dollars in financing from international banks and investment firms

Mercosur summit

Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay agree to review Mercosur tariffs

17-12-2021 18:08 Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay agree to continue “modernisation” of bloc and review common external tariff at virtual summit – but without Uruguay's agreement.

SPECIAL REPORT

Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink

11-11-2021 13:40 The Amazon, the world's biggest rainforest is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs. Its destruction has accelerated, especially in Brazil, where far-right President Jair Bolsonaro pushes to open protected lands and indigenous reservations to agribusiness and mining.

CULTURE & SPORTS

Amazon's new series on life of Maradona set to premiere in Argentina

27-10-2021 16:56 A new television series chronicling the life of football idol Diego Maradona premieres in Argentina on Thursday.

INTERVIEW / BLOOMBERG

Sebastião Salgado: 'Nature is capable of rebuilding if we stop the destruction'

19-10-2021 09:33 Putting a price on nature after nine years in the Amazon – an interview with documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado.

BLOOMBERG

Climate change in Brazil: Fire, frost, drought upends global markets

28-09-2021 09:32 Brazil's crops have been scorched, frozen and then dried out by the worst drought in a century, upending global commodity markets.

MERCOSUR TENSIONS

Lacalle Pou: Uruguay and China in talks over bilateral free-trade deal

08-09-2021 16:28 Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou says his government is “in a hurry” to close a FTA with China – a development that’s sure to increase tensions with other Mercosur member states.

FILM

Director Santiago Mitre recreates Trial of the Juntas in new Amazon film

04-09-2021 10:32 Renowned actors Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani to play prosecutors Julio Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo in Santiago Mitre’s ‘Argentina, 1985,’ the first Amazon Original film produced in the country.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro takes dig at Biden's 'obsession' with Amazon

30-08-2021 22:03 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accuses Joe Biden's administration of having "almost an obsession" with environmental issues.

ENVIRONMENT

Illegal mining on Brazil indigenous land up 500% in a decade

30-08-2021 21:53 Illegal mining expanded by nearly 500% on protected indigenous reservations in Brazil in a decade, and by more than 300% on protected park lands, according to a new study.

ENVIRONMENT

Wildfires devastate Bolivian nature reserves

24-08-2021 13:51 Wildfires, mostly started intentionally, have scorched almost 600,000 hectares of land in eastern Bolivia already this year, authorities said.

PRESIDENTIAL MEETING

President Fernández to host Lacalle Pou amid Mercosur tensions

12-08-2021 14:39 Alberto Fernández will host Luis Lacalle Pou at the Olivos presidential residence on Friday, with tensions over Mercosur's future likely to be discussed.

MERCOSUR IN DISARRAY

Mercosur’s glitch-plagued summit puts spotlight on trade divide

09-07-2021 02:58 Luis Lacalle Pou's new trade strategy unable to win broad support among bloc's members. Parallel initiative backed by Brazil and Uruguay to reduce Mercosur's common external tariff also fails to advance.

CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS

Brazil raids target top officials in Covid-battered Amazonas

02-06-2021 15:59 Brazilian police carried out raids in the Amazonas state Wednesday, targeting top officials suspected of embezzling pandemic emergency funds.

IN-DEPTH: MERCOSUR

Mercosur’s future up for debate at key meeting

01-05-2021 00:21 Member nations agree to debate ‘flexibilisation’ of bloc’s rules at key meeting in May. Uruguay continues to push for liberalisation of tariffs, rules on free-trade deals.

BIG TECH, MASSIVE PROFITS

Amazon caps blockbuster Big Tech earnings reports

29-04-2021 12:15 A week of blockbuster earnings reports from Big Tech culminated Thursday with Amazon crushing forecasts of how much money it would rake in from pandemic-revved online shopping and growing reliance on internet-hosted services.

MERCOSUR BLOC

Uruguay presents plan to make Mercosur trade talks more flexible

26-04-2021 15:19 According to the draft document released by the Foreign Ministry in Montevideo, the proposal would allow member states, under some conditions, to initiate negotiations "either as a group or individually."

Wildlife

New species of frog unearthed in Peruvian Amazon jungle

12-04-2021 16:28 A new species of marsupial frog has been discovered in Peru's Amazon jungle during a study in the humid tundra and mountainous woodland area of the Cordilleras de Colan.

MERCOSUR SUMMIT

Trade and Covid-19 vaccines top agenda for Mercosur summit

23-03-2021 13:22 Mercosur’s member nations will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the bloc's founding at a key summit this Friday, with the clear differences between them more than evident.

by Mariano Beldyk

Mercosur

'Distrust' of Brazil stalls EU-Mercosur trade deal

13-12-2020 19:45 Concerns over Amazon deforestation under Bolsonaro are delaying the ratification of a two-decades long negotiated trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur.

EU-MERCOSUR DEAL

Brazil rejects deforestation concerns on EU-Mercosur deal

23-09-2020 16:12 Brazil hits back at European reluctance to finalise EU-Mercosur trade deal, saying a French report on environmental concerns is motivated by "protectionist interests."

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro faces growing pressure to green Brazil economy

22-09-2020 08:38 As environmental problems bruise Brazil's international image, bankers, business executives and even agribusiness firms are calling for a greener economy, adding to pressure on outspoken president.

EU-MERCOSUR DEAL

Key EU states fear Mercosur pact may hurt Amazon

21-09-2020 08:22 EU commissioner admits not all EU nations "are aligned" on trade deal with Mercosur nations, as fears historic accord could hurt the Amazon grow.

Coronavirus pandemic

Peru's indigenous turn to ancestral remedies to fight virus

13-09-2020 12:58 In Peru, the country with the world’s highest per-population confirmed Covid-19 mortality rate, Indigenous groups have sought to find their own remedies for the coronavirus pandemic.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Merkel expresses 'significant doubts' over EU-Mercosur trade pact

21-08-2020 14:12 German chancellor expresses "significant doubts" over landmark EU-Mercosur free trade deal, citing concerns over the devastating deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.

News of amazon

Climate Disasters in Latin America Threaten Global Food Security

Brazilian Amazon lost 18 trees per second in 2021

Race to find Brazil Amazon species before they disappear

Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record

Bodies of two men murdered in Brazilian Amazon returned to families

Fish trade's murky waters cloud double murder in Amazon

Police say British journalist and Brazilian guide shot in Amazon killings

Brazil police '99% sure' that bodies found in Amazon are missing duo

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: two men who loved the Amazon

Suspect confesses to burying bodies of two men missing in Amazon

How Brazil's Javari Valley became a criminal haven

Calls mount for Brazil to find missing journalist, indigenous expert

British journalist, indigenous expert missing in Brazil

Fires surge in May in Brazilian Amazon, Cerrado

Deforestation surges in Brazil Atlantic Forest: report

Musk, Bolsonaro talk free speech, deforestation in Brazil

Musk to meet Bolsonaro in Brazil, launch plan to survey and connect Amazon

Brazil responds to less than 3% of deforestation alerts, study reveals

10 football pitches of pristine rainforest lost per minute in 2021

Bolsonaro responds after DiCaprio urges Brazil youth to vote

Indigenous lands block Brazil deforestation, concludes study

Ecuador expands oil extraction from protected nature reserve in Amazon

Report: Illegal mining and abuses surge on Brazil indigenous land

Report: Mining firms targeting Brazil protected indigenous lands

Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay agree to review Mercosur tariffs

Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink

Amazon's new series on life of Maradona set to premiere in Argentina

Sebastião Salgado: 'Nature is capable of rebuilding if we stop the destruction'

Climate change in Brazil: Fire, frost, drought upends global markets

Lacalle Pou: Uruguay and China in talks over bilateral free-trade deal

Director Santiago Mitre recreates Trial of the Juntas in new Amazon film

Bolsonaro takes dig at Biden's 'obsession' with Amazon

Illegal mining on Brazil indigenous land up 500% in a decade

Wildfires devastate Bolivian nature reserves

President Fernández to host Lacalle Pou amid Mercosur tensions

Mercosur’s glitch-plagued summit puts spotlight on trade divide

Brazil raids target top officials in Covid-battered Amazonas

Mercosur’s future up for debate at key meeting

Amazon caps blockbuster Big Tech earnings reports

Uruguay presents plan to make Mercosur trade talks more flexible

New species of frog unearthed in Peruvian Amazon jungle

Trade and Covid-19 vaccines top agenda for Mercosur summit

'Distrust' of Brazil stalls EU-Mercosur trade deal

Brazil rejects deforestation concerns on EU-Mercosur deal

Bolsonaro faces growing pressure to green Brazil economy

Key EU states fear Mercosur pact may hurt Amazon

Peru's indigenous turn to ancestral remedies to fight virus

Merkel expresses 'significant doubts' over EU-Mercosur trade pact

Taiwanese find their feet in Argentina

Argentina asked crop exporters to bring US$1 billion next week

Ex-Elliott lawyer builds creditor group for Argentine rematch

Cannabis price drop creates opportunity for Paraguay

Argentina's Ambassador to China condemns Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan as a ‘provocation’

No fue una multitud, pero sobró sol: las fotos del "Cristinazo" contra la Corte en Parque Centenario

"Los nenes eran obligados a tener sexo con sus padres": así era por dentro la secta en Villa Crespo

Carlos Melconian aseguró que lo "máximo" que puede lograr Massa es una suerte de "Plan llegar"

Se levanta el paro de colectivos en AMBA aunque el servicio será reducido

Alberto Fernández, Cristina y Massa rearmaron la unidad pero ahora cada cual atiende su juego