A strategic shift in law clears the way for a highway that scientists warn will push the Amazon to a tipping point.

SAO PAULO — Brazil's Environment Minister Marina Silva, a globally recognized climate leader, said she was stepping down Wednesday from her role in President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration ...

Brazil's renowned Amazonian tribal chief Raoni Metuktire told AFP on Wednesday he supported the reelection bid of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in October polls, despite criticizing him for ...

This is the second article examining the environmental cost of modern warfare. The first article in the series explored war ...

Brazilian politics for over two decades, including five presidential elections, an impeachment, and Car Wash, one of the ...

Juan Forero is the Journal's South American bureau chief, overseeing coverage of politics, the environment, development and conflict from Brazil to Colombia and countries in between.

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The danger of a great catastrophe … is imminent. All the newspapers have written about this time and again. Everybody says ...

For Zionists, especially those of us in the Diaspora, this is even more apparent; our numbers seem few, and our allies seem ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Senator Flavio Bolsonaro attends a press conference outside a hospital, as his father, Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro is ...

SAO PAULO, March 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are seen tied in a simulated run-off for ‌this year's presidential election, a BTG ...

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