World Oct 27

Lula's government recently announced the lowest Amazon deforestation rate on record. However, he faces a Congress dominated by the far right and agribusiness interests, which often back measures weakening environmental protections.

World May 25

The resources are expected to go toward businesses that support sustainable tourism, improve infrastructure in the Amazon and expand the “bioeconomy” — the so-called economic activity based on natural resources that preserves the forest.

World May 05

SAO PAULO (AP) — The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving mercury contamination to hazardous levels, officials and experts say. A study…

World Dec 27

The decision by Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes came just hours after authorities in neighboring Paraguay arrested a former police commander, who also had been convicted in the plot and returned him to Brazil.

World Nov 27

Authorities say the group is Brazil's largest tax debtor, owing over 26 billion reais.

World Oct 30

The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at least 121 people dead. The operation began Tuesday in two of the city’s favelas.

World Oct 23

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced his intention to run for reelection next year.

Nation Oct 09

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invited Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira to an in-person meeting.

World Sep 13

Bolsonaro was convicted Thursday by a Supreme Court panel of an attempted coup aimed at keeping him in power following his October 2022 election defeat to Lula. Trump said he was “very unhappy” with the conviction.

World Sep 12

He is the first former president found guilty of trying to overturn an election in the country with the largest economy in Latin America. Bolsonaro has always denied wrongdoing.