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Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, currently bidding to return to the job he held between 2003-2010, received on Thursday the endorsement of moderate candidate André Janones

Two people have died from monkeypox in Brazil and Spain, marking the first known fatalities outside Africa in the current outbreak.

Big quarterly earnings reports from Club names Amazon, Apple and Chevron helped to push stocks higher Friday as the Street looks to lock in another weekly gain.

The Biden administration on Thursday authorized completion of the Trump-funded U.S.-Mexico border wall in an open area of southern Arizona near Yuma, where four wide gaps make it among the busiest corridors for illegal crossings.

Trump crony Steve Bannon waxed lyrical about plans to amass thousands of “shock troops” to seize the government.

The invasion of Ukraine has created a global food and fertilizer crisis. Fortunately, tackling today’s agricultural problems will ease tomorrow’s as well.

As the U.S. and Europe spearhead COVID vaccines, other regions are left struggling to gain access. But now scientists from Latin America and Africa are collaborating on mRNA technology.

Brazil’s federal police have arrested a fourth man possibly involved in the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon's Javari Valley.

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Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that he’s likely to serve only one term if he wins back the presidency in October’s election

When global economy-watchers talk about the outlook for so-called emerging markets these days, they’re kicking around some alarming terms: They see a toxic cocktail of risks, warn of a train wreck and are braced for a potential cascade of disasters. It’s the fallout from a mix of external shocks and mounting financial troubles washing over low- and middle-income countries, creating perhaps the biggest confluence of challenges since the 1990s, when a series of rolling crises sank economies and to

Gathered at a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives paid their final respects to British journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Brazilian Amazon while researching for a book about how to save the world’s largest rainforest

Gathered at a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives paid their final respects to British journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Brazilian Amazon while researching for a book about how to save the world’s largest rainforest.

A confrontation between military police and members of the Guarani Kaiowá group south of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil near the Paraguay border left at least one Indigenous person dead and seven wounded

The surgery in April was routine. But five days later, Gleycy Correia suffered a hemorrhage and fell into a coma. She never regained consciousness.

Leftist Gustavo Petro’s victory in Colombia was the most stunning example yet of how the pandemic has transformed the politics of Latin America.

British journalist Dom Phillips’ quest to unlock the secrets of how to preserve Brazil’s Amazon was cut short when he was killed along with a colleague in the heart of the forest he cherished

Brazil’s federal police said Saturday that a third suspect in the deaths of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira has been arrested

UK journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira went missing in the Amazon on 5 June.

The number of undocumented immigrant crossings at the border once again broke records in May, in part because of surges in migration from unexpected countries.

Authorities were led to human remains after a 10-day search for British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira of Brazil.

Authorities were led to human remains after a 10-day search for British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira of Brazil.

Brazilian authorities say a fisherman confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in Brazil’s remote Amazon region and took police to a site where human remains were recovered.

Brazilian police say a suspect led investigators to a site where human remains were dug up.

When global economy-watchers talk about the outlook for so-called emerging markets these days, they’re kicking around some alarming terms: They see a toxic cocktail of risks, warn of a train wreck and are braced for a potential cascade of disasters. It’s the fallout from a mix of external shocks and mounting financial troubles washing over low- and middle-income countries, creating perhaps the biggest confluence of challenges since the 1990s, when a series of rolling crises sank economies and to

The British journalist, a former contributor to The Washington Post, was conducting research for a book when he went missing June 5. Here's some of his work.

Brazil’s federal police say they have arrested a second suspect in connection with the disapperance of an Indigenous expert and a British journalist in a remote area of the Amazon

Brazil’s federal police say they have arrested a second suspect in connection with the disapperance of an Indigenous expert and a British journalist in a remote area of the Amazon.

Brazilian police say search teams have found a backpack, laptop and other personal items that belonged to Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips, who went missing in a remote area of Brazil’s Amazon a week ago.

Divers from Brazil's firefighters corps found a backpack and laptop Sunday in the remote Amazon area where Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips went missing a week ago, firefighters said. The backpack was tied to a tree that was half-submerged, a firefighter told reporters in Atalaia do Norte, the closest city to the search area, which is near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory. Officers with the Federal Police brought the items by boat to Atalaia do Norte later in the afternoon.

A main line of police investigation into the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous official in the Amazon points to an international network that pays poor fishermen to fish illegally in Brazil’s second-largest Indigenous territory, authorities said. Freelance journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous official Bruno Pereira were last seen last Sunday morning near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, which sits in an area the size of Portugal bordering Peru and Colombia.

Blending mandates were supposed to help tackle emissions. In practice, plant-derived alternatives are starting to become an impediment.

BUYING NEW | The plan calls for 135 townhomes with 59 already built, and some sold.

The country hasn’t always had the most open trade policy. But it’s loosening up just as much of the rest of the world is keeping tariffs on imports.

An Indigenous association in Brazil’s Amazon region says that one of its advisors and a British journalist are missing in a remote area near the Peru border, The area has been marked by violent conflicts between fishers, poachers and government agents

The most striking images as Wales beat Ukraine to make their World Cup return after 64 years.

"First part of the hill gave way, then it was just a tsunami of mud," one resident said.

Luakam Anambé wanted her newborn granddaughter to have a doll – something she’d never owned as a child working in slave-like conditions in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest.

Landslides caused by heavy rains killed at least 28 people in the state of Pernambuco in northeast Brazil on Saturday

Experts are predicting this summer to be the busiest travel season in years as more pandemic-related travel restrictions ease.

Brazil’s airport authority Infraero said it has notified the Federal Police over an apparent hack into electronic displays at an airport in Rio de Janeiro.

A relative told local media that Brazilian Federal Highway Police trapped Genivaldo de Jesus Santos in their SUV with a tear gas bomb during "a torture session."

The world’s most popular meat has succumbed to inflation. That’s what happens when three pandemics coincide with a drought.

The world’s most popular meat has succumbed to inflation. That’s what happens when three pandemics coincide with a drought.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree Tuesday that creates stricter rules against environmental crimes in the Amazon rainforest, such as fraud in timber licensing.

For the second straight year, inhabitants of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are being overwhelmed by flooding, with hundreds of thousands of people already affected by waters that are still rising

Billionaire's Starlink satellite venture will provide internet service for rural schools and monitor the rainforest.

In some countries, distinct factors are in play, such as Brexit and tax hikes in Britain. But a range of problems that cut across borders are driving inflation globally.

When global economy-watchers talk about the outlook for so-called emerging markets these days, they’re kicking around some alarming terms: They see a toxic cocktail of risks, warn of a train wreck and are braced for a potential cascade of disasters. It’s the fallout from a mix of external shocks and mounting financial troubles washing over low- and middle-income countries, creating perhaps the biggest confluence of challenges since the 1990s, when a series of rolling crises sank economies and to

To clean up dirty sectors such as cement, big emerging nations are going to need money and innovative technology from Western multinationals.

Itaipu commenced electricity production in 1984.

While Japan and South Korea will start fine-tuning for the World Cup with high-profile warm-ups against Brazil next month, there are concerns in Iran that Asia’s top-ranked team has been slow off the mark with its preparations. Iran is in Group B with England and the United States at the World Cup, which kicks off Nov. 21 in Qatar.

Indigenous Brazilians in the Amazon rainforest have endured years of scant recourse when prospectors and landgrabbers do violence in their territories

Indigenous Brazilians in the Amazon rainforest have endured years of scant recourse when prospectors and landgrabbers do violence in their territories.

The Hollywood star urged Brazil's youth to vote in October's elections to save the Amazon.

The country faces big structural challenges. Neither Bolsonaro nor Lula has shown much willingness to tackle them.

California's attorney general has subpoenaed Exxon for details relating to the company's role in misleading the public and worsening plastics pollution.

Fires accounted for more than a third of the world’s tree cover losses last year — the largest share on record.

Plummeting coronavirus infection rates across Latin America have led governments in the region to lift restrictions on mass gatherings, travel requirements and mask mandates that have been in place for two years

Plummeting coronavirus infection rates across Latin America have led governments in the region to lift restrictions on mass gatherings, travel requirements and mask mandates that have been in place for two years.

Colombians will soon be going to movie theaters without having to wear face masks. Mexico's president has declared the pandemic over. The region has been hit hard by the pandemic, with nations like Brazil and Peru registering some of the world’s highest death tolls.

Police say the mother of a Puerto Rican Olympian killed by a stray bullet in her Connecticut home was an unintended victim of a drug dispute that erupted into the firing of more than 20 gunshots.

In Costa Rica, election officials are encouraging those infected with the coronavirus to skip voting in upcoming national elections.

Some 1,200 police officers have been deployed to Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Jacarezinho neighborhood, marking the start of a state effort seeking to reclaim territory.

The U.N. Security Council has five new members.

Brazil’s Federal Police have searched the home of Ciro Gomes, a left-wing politician expected to run for president next year, as part of an investigation into corruption regarding works on a World Cup stadium.

Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon have been set a target of about 18 months to make changes in order to keep their status as Olympic sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

Brazil will require international travelers who aren't vaccinated against the coronavirus to quarantine for five days in their city of destination after arriving by plane.

Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant, while new findings indicate the mutant coronavirus was already in Europe close to a week before South Africa sounded the alarm.

Mayors across Brazil are divided on whether to maintain end-of-year festivities and February’s legendary Carnival in spite of the ongoing pandemic.

U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will have a rare virtual encounter this week as they gather online with other Pacific Rim leaders to chart a path to recovery out of the crisis brought on by the pandemic.

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World leaders are promising to protect Earth's forests, cut methane emissions and help South Africa wean itself off coal at the U.N. climate summit.

The Italian city that suffered the brunt of COVID-19’s first deadly wave is dedicating a vivid memorial to the pandemic dead: A grove of trees, creating oxygen in a park opposite the hospital where so many died, unable to breathe.

The number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon during the month of September dropped to the lowest in two decades.

After hovering for years at lows sometimes near $1 per pound, coffee futures — the price large buyers agree to pay upon delivery months down the road — are now around $1.90 per pound.

A project to give children in poor neighborhoods a shot at going to the movies has resumed in Rio de Janeiro now that the pace of new cases and deaths from COVID-19 has ebbed.

Packages have only just started reaching doorsteps in Sao Paulo's second-biggest favela, Paraisopolis.

Over the past half century, the Atlantic Ocean has been slowly and relentlessly consuming Atafona, part of the Sao Joao da Barra municipality that is 250 kilometers (155 miles) from Rio de Janeiro’s capital and home to 36,000 people.

The Biden administration is proposing changing how asylum claims are handled.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be the busiest track in motorsports this weekend.

After years of attacking Brazil’s voting system as susceptible to fraud, President Jair Bolsonaro has ignored a deadline from the nation’s electoral court to present proof of his claims.

On the beach about 60 miles east of Tokyo, Olympic surfers are enjoying waves created by a tropical storm that has disrupted some outdoor events.

Thirteen-year-old Momiji Nishiya of Japan won the first Olympic skateboard competition for women.

The first day of full competition of the Tokyo Games could mark the turning point for an uneasy Japanese public that overwhelmingly disapproved of the Olympics being held during the pandemic.

Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will put their medals around their own necks to protect against spreading the coronavirus.

The death toll from COVID-19 has eclipsed 4 million as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta variant.

Some New England hospitals are delaying or rescheduling surgeries because of a shortage of blood donations during the pandemic.

The official COVID-19 death toll in Brazil is about to hit 500,000, the second-highest in the world.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro led a throng of motorcyclist supporters through the streets of Sao Paulo and got hit with a fine for failure to wear a mask, in violation of local pandemic restrictions.

Brazil’s international players have been reluctant to play in the Copa America.

New York City’s Madison Square Garden is ready to rock ‘n’ roll again.

The Brazilian Amazon’s biggest city has shut down schools and suspended public transportation amid a wave of vandalism and violence that has followed the death of an alleged leader of a drug trafficking ring in a shootout with police.

As the United States has seen vaccination numbers rise and COVID-19 cases decline, many Americans might be feeling a desire to travel more.

The world’s largest meat processing company is getting back to work after production around the world was disrupted by a cyberattack just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline.

Rivers around the biggest city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are swelling to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping.

Brazilian federal prosecutors say hundreds of wildcat miners have clashed with police who were trying to halt illegal mining in the Amazon region.

How well do you know your international travel destinations? It’s time to test your knowledge.

A former Brazilian health minister has denied receiving any direct orders from President Jair Bolsonaro during his 10 months in the post, providing Senate testimony analysts see as an attempt to shield the country’s leader from any blame over the government’s pandemic response.

El técnico José Peseiro anunció el miércoles la lista preliminar de 34 jugadores venezolanos, conformada totalmente por legionarios, de cara a la Copa América que se realizará conjuntamente en Argentina y Colombia.