Two dangerous inmates from the Comando Vermelho criminal organization have escaped in the first jailbreak in the history of the federal prison system, which was created in 2006
Percussionists had ‘Miners out’ written across the skins of their drums as participants marched through the Sambadrome on Sunday evening
Investigators accused the former president of drafting a decree to annul the 2022 elections, forbade him to leave the country and confiscated his passport
She decided to fight on behalf of the Amazon on the frontlines of its destruction, moving from São Paulo to Altamira. In her writing, she warns that putting the world’s largest tropical rainforest at risk could mean a holocaust for many species, including our own
The group on Monday released an annual assessment of global inequalities timed to the World Economic Forum’s gathering of political and business elites at the Swiss ski resort of Davos
The presidents’ discourses on the energy transition are going in opposite directions. Both men have reduced deforestation, but while Brasilia is joining OPEC as an observer, Bogota is committed to leaving fossil fuels behind
On Monday, the president is leading an event with Congress and the Supreme Court to celebrate the country’s democracy on the first anniversary of Bolsonaro supporters’ assault in Brasília
On Monday, Lula and other officials will gather in Congress for the peculiar exhibit called “Unshakeable Democracy” in a symbolic ceremony aimed at reassuring Brazilians of the strength of their democratic system of government
Economic growth has bolstered the president, who has just completed one year in power. His administration has prioritized the fight against hunger and poverty, while investing in public works and environmental protection
The long-awaited tax reform aims to simplify the system, widely considered overly burdensome for both individuals and businesses, and boost economic growth that has drifted between downturns and doldrums for the last decade
Lula da Silva’s government praised the results of the COP28, while auctioning off 602 blocks and working to increase crude oil and gas production
President Lula announced a $200 million plan to provide them with social assistance, although only 150 housing units are expected to be built
Instead of adulation, at this year’s climate talks Brazil received a Fossil of the Day award from an NGO and sharp criticism from environmental groups
Lula da Silva is an advocate of the agreement that has been in the works for two decades. His main partners so far have been Spain, which holds the presidency of the EU, and Germany
Via a law announced Tuesday, Venezuela will create a new province or state in the disputed territory, having already appointed a single provisional authority: Major-General Alexis Rodríguez Cabello
Neighborhoods in the city of Maceio are threatening to collapse due to the company’s decades-long extraction of rock salt
The Latin America country’s position goes against that of neighbor Brazil, which holds the presidency of Mercosur, and Spain, which holds the presidency of the EU
The Nobel Prize-winning climate activist said al-Jaber’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. is ‘one of the largest and one of the dirtiest, by many measures, oil companies in the world.’
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An NGO warns that the increase in violence due to the establishment of drug gangs in the largest tropical forest in the world must be included in the environmental debate
The move appears to be a preview of the drastic shift in foreign policy that will be implemented in Argentina once right-wing populist takes office
The reductions have not made lasting changes to oil prices because of concerns about oversupply in a weakening global economy
The debate over the death of a fan due to extreme heat reveals the total mental disconnection of the majority in the face of climate collapse
The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture representative for Latin America and the Caribbean discusses new challenges in combating hunger across the region. ‘The world in 2015 is completely different from the world in 2023,’ he says
The largest rainforest in the world lost 9,001 km², an area equivalent to the size of Cyprus
The climate crisis may be accelerating. The threat to existence is worse than even our bleakest projections
The South American nation hosted the men’s tournament in 1950 and 2014