PYKANY VILLAGE, Brazil, May 28 - Chief Megaron Txucarramae, a 75-year-old leader of Brazil’s Indigenous Kayapo people, has spent decades defending Indigenous rights, from securing the demarcation of his people’s land in the Amazon to opposing hydropower projects and illegal mining. Now he is prepar»»»

BRASÍLIA, Aug 9, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday vetoed some provisions of a bill that would have made it easier for companies to secure environmental permits, bowing to pressure from activist groups. Dubbed the "devastation bill" by its detractors, the text»»»

BRASÍLIA, Aug 9 — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday vetoed some provisions of a Bill that would have made it easier for companies to secure environmental permits, bowing to pressure from activist groups. Dubbed the “Devastation Bill” by its detractors, the text recently adopte»»»

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has flown into the Amazon amid growing alarm over the droughts and wildfires sweeping the rainforest region and others parts of Brazil. Speaking during a visit to a riverside community near the city of Tefé, the Brazilian president said Amazonia was suffering its worst dro»»»

Rio de Janeiro: The Brazilian Amazon recorded 13,489 wildfires in the first half of the year, the worst figure in 20 years, satellite data revealed Monday. The total was up more than 61 percent compared to the same period last year -- an increase that experts say is the result of a historic drought»»»