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Death toll from southern Brazil rainfall rises to 78, many still missing

Porto Alegre/Canoas/Sao Paulo, Brazil Reuters The death toll from heavy rains that have caused flooding in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 78, local authorities said on Sunday, with more than 115,000 people displaced. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in Rio Grande do Sul on Sunday […]

Indigenous people protest Brazil not protecting ancestral lands

Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Several thousand Indigenous demonstrators marched chanting to drum beats on Thursday to the seat of power in Brazil’s capital to protest against the government’s failure to protect their ancestral lands. The annual event this year focused Indigenous anger over plans to build a railway to transport grain from farm states to Amazon […]

Brazil’s Bolsonaro rallies supporters in Rio

Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Reuters Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday rallied thousands of supporters in Rio de Janeiro in a bid to raise his political capital after losing a bid for reelection to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in October, 2022, and facing allegations of involvement in a coup. Images shared on […]

Brazil’s Bolsonaro gathers supporters in show of strength amid coup probe

Reuters Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro gathered on Sunday on Sao Paulo’s iconic Paulista Avenue to show support for the former far-right Brazilian President as he finds himself embroiled in several investigations that many believe could land him in jail. Bolsonaro called the rally, which he dubbed a “peaceful gathering in favour of the rule of […]

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon falls to lowest since 2018

A general view shows the water conditions in the Piraiba river before a summit of Amazon rainforest nations, in Belem, Para state, Brazil on 5th August, 2023

Sao Paulo, Brazil Reuters Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 22.3 per cent in the 12 months through July, government data showed on Thursday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made good on a pledge to rein in the destruction that happened under his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. Some 9,001 square kilometres of Amazon jungle […]

Brazil’s Lula legalises more Indigenous reservations in Amazon

Brazil's Environment Minister Marina Silva meets Davi Kopenawa, chief of the Yanomami, after a ceremony to commemorate Amazon Day, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on 5th September, 2023.

Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday officially recognised two Indigenous territories, granting them legal protection as reservations to defend against invasions by illegal loggers, gold miners and cattle ranchers. The announcement came on the day Brazil celebrates its Amazon region, home to the world’s largest tropical rainforest, the preservation […]

Brazil to step up removal of Indigenous land invaders after Yanomami killing

People who were working in illegal mining arrive in boats at Porto do Arame after leaving the Yanomami indigenous land, in Alto Alegre, Roraima state, Brazil, on 12th February, 2023

Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Brazil will increase efforts to remove the remainder of wildcat miners from indigenous lands following a shooting attack by invaders that killed a Yanomami Indigenous person and left two others seriously injured, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said on Sunday. An inter-ministerial delegation is en route to Roraima state to “further reinforce […]

Brazil’s Lula recognises Indigenous territories halted by Bolsonaro

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures along Brazil's Indigenous Peoples Minister Sonia Guajajara, during the closing of the Terra Livre camp, a protest camp to demand the demarcation of land and to defend cultural rights, in Brasilia, Brazil, on 28th April, 2023.

Brasilia, Brazil Reuters President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva legally recognised six Indigenous territories on Friday, fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse the policy of his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro said Brazil’s original people had too much land. The recognition is crucial to protect Indigenous lands from increasing encroachment by farming and invasions by gold […]

Lula floats shared ‘trading currency’ during Argentina trip

Argentina Buenos Aires President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Alberto Fernandez

Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Brazil and Argentina are in early talks to establish a shared unit of value for bilateral trade to reduce reliance on the US dollar, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday, though the move is not aimed at replacing existing currencies. In Buenos Aires on his first international […]