Some of that deforestation will likely happen in the Cerrado, the savanna biome next to the Amazon that serves as Brazil’s second-largest source of carbon storage. The Cerrado is governed by ...

Prosecutors in Brazil’s Amapá state have warned of an illegal gold mine operating just 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) from second-highest known tree in the Brazilian Amazon — an 85-meter (279-foot ...

These expectations are being exploited by rogue societal elements to legitimise annual student protests across the post-school sector, which often forces institutions to suspend academic activity ...

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Harvard University Monday rejected the Trump administration's sweeping demands for oversight and internal policy changes, calling the effort an unlawful and unconstitutional overreach. Hours later ...

On Friday (Apr. 11), the Federal Supreme Court opened criminal proceedings against former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven others accused of plotting a coup. They are part of the first group ...

UN Special Envoy Huang Xia called for greater coordination of efforts to resolve the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wednesday amid escalating violence by the M23 rebel group and a ...

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From activism to cultural preservation, Palestinian women in Brazil are making a lasting impact. When many Palestinians began to emigrate, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s, Brazil became one of the ...

Government inaction is worsening the current climate action policy in Brazil. This inaction is particularly evident in the Amazon rainforest whereby the current administration has vowed to scale back ...