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Amazon rainforest fires in July increased by 28% as compared to last year:…
The National Institute for Space Research, which is responsible for monitoring Brazil, said it recorded 6,803 fires in the Amazon…
Brazil reports more than 51,000 coronavirus cases and 1,211 deaths in 24…
The Latin American country now has a total of 2,394,513 confirmed Covid-19 cases, with 51,147 new cases having been registered in…
Brazilian president goes for a motorcycle ride, meets people despite being…
Photographs captured him taking a motorcycle for a spin on the palace grounds, stopping at one point to talk to a team of…
Brazil: Forest fires tripled in Pantanal wetlands in 2020 as compared to…
The trend is all the more troubling given that 2019 already saw a six-fold increase in fires in the region across the full year.…
Brazil: President imposes 120 day ban on setting forest fires for…
The law already requires permits for fires to clear brush and open land for farming, ranching or logging, but the requirement is…
Brazil: Covid-19 cases cross 2 million, deaths reach 76,000
On Thursday evening, the federal health ministry reported that the country had passed 2 million confirmed cases of virus…
700 km across longest lighting in history seen in Brazil
A lightning flash that developed continuously over northern Argentina on March 4, 2019 lasted a whopping 16.73 seconds. A second…
Brazil reports biggest 24-hour increase in the COVID-19 death toll
For the second straight night, the health ministry delayed release of Thursday's data until 10 pm local time, after Brazil's…
Venezuela : Maduro tries to revive ‘petro’ cryptocurrency
Maduro last December approved bonuses in petros for public employees and pensioners. However, experts said the petros were quickly…
Chilean Air force plane heading for Antarctica disappears with 38 people on…
“On board the C130 Hercules are 38 people, of which 17 are crew members of the aircraft and 21 are passengers,” the Air Force said…