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published : 19 Nov 2021 at 08:45 Deforestation has gained pace in Brazil's Amazon rainforest despite officials' claims that the government is being more forceful against environmental crimes. BRASILIA: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose by almost 22 percent from August 2020 to July 2021 compared with the same period…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Article content BRASILIA — Brazil has had 15,300 new cases of the coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 188 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Thursday. The South American country has…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Violence against Brazil's indigenous people increased last year as land disputes and invasions of their reservations rose and the government failed to provide protection, the Catholic Church's Indigenous Missionary Council said on Thursday. Its annual report on violence against the descendents of Brazil's original inhabitants said there…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a possible ruling suspending him from social media. A Senate investigative committee on Tuesday called for https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-senate-committee-approves-report-calling-bolsonaro-be-indicted-2021-10-26 Bolsonaro to be indicted for nine crimes related to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and asked that…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian Senate investigative committee approved a report on Tuesday that calls for President Jair Bolsonaro to be indicted for nine crimes related to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, including crimes against humanity. The report, which is more than 1,300 pages long and took the opposition-controlled…

Receive free Donald Trump updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Donald Trump news every morning. A central figure in former US president Donald Trump’s bid to create a new social media platform is a Brazilian parliamentarian and self-proclaimed prince who has campaigned to…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro waits for the arrival of Colombia's President Ivan Duque to Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Duque is on a two-day visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian Senate report recommended Wednesday pursuing crimes against humanity and…

Author of the article: BRASILIA — Privately owned Votorantim SA, one of Brazil’s biggest diversified industrial groups, has announced a plan with Canada Pension Plan to consolidate their energy assets in Brazil to create an integrated renewables platform, they said on Monday. The asset consolidation will be followed by a…

Luiz Cezar Pereira speaks next to his father Pedro Pereira Filho during an interview at their home in Guarulhos, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. Luiz's mother, Pedro's wife, died of COVID-19 and was treated by health care company Prevent Senior, which is under investigation for allegedly forcing doctors to test…

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia and elsewhere in Brazil on October 2 to call for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro. Erika Kokay, the lawmaker who recorded these videos in Brasilia, tweeted beforehand that there was “no lack of reasons to…