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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron pose for photos on Combu Island, near Belem, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Macron is on a three-day official visit to Brazil. The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon
SAO PAULO — The Brazilian and the French presidents on Tuesday announced a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in the Amazon, including parts of the rainforest... (photo: AP / Eraldo Peres) Stars and Stripes
Amazon rainforest   Brazil   France   Photos
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press outside his home after Federal Police agents carried out a search and seizure warrant in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Brazilian police indict Bolsonaro over fake COVID certificate
Brazilian police have recommended that Jair Bolsonaro be prosecuted for forging his COVID vaccination certificate. The federal police indictment was released by Brazil’s... (photo: AP / Eraldo Peres) Al Jazeera
Brazil   Jair Bolsonaro   Latin America   Photos
Followers of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro rally to express their support for him in Sao Paulo., Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Bolsonaro and some of his former top aides are under investigation into allegations they plotted a coup to remove his successor, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. Thousands of Brazilians rally in support of Bolsonaro amid coup probe
Tens of thousands of Brazilians have rallied in support of former President Jair Bolsonaro amid a probe into allegations that he tried to orchestrate a coup following his... (photo: AP / Andre Penner) Al Jazeera
Brazil   Jair Bolsonaro   Latin America   Photos
Bitcoin on a Macbook Lunar Dragon Soars to New Heights: Anticipated Launch Marks a Turning Point in Crypto
In a cryptocurrency market characterized by sharp fluctuations and retracements, one project is poised to make a significant impact. Lunar Dragon, an innovative... (photo: Creative Commons / Marco Verch)
CoinChapter
  Bitcoin   Cryptocurrency   Photos   Trading   Wikipedia: Cryptocurrency
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva surveys the damage of the Planalto presidential palace after it was stormed by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2023 Lula fetes democracy a year after Brazil capital riots
Bras�lia, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Jan, 2024) President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will mark the first anniversary Monday of the far-right riots that... (photo: AP / Eraldo Peres) Urdu Point
Brazil Congress Attack   Jair Bolsonaro   Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva   Photos   Wikipedia: 2023 Brazilian Congress attack
Amazon rainforest foddy day Exclusive: Amazon rainforest destruction slows sharply year to date, report says
SAO PAULO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Destruction across the Amazon rainforest so far this year has slowed dramatically, down 55.8% from the same period a year ago in a major... (photo: Creative Commons) Reuters
Amazon rainforest   Climate change   Environment   Photos
The Amazon rainforest, covering much of northwestern Brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru and other South American countries, is the world’s largest tropical rainforest, famed for its biodiversity, January 12, 2021. Brazil to propose mega fund to conserve forests at COP28 climate summit
SAO PAULO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Brazil plans to propose a "huge" fund to pay for the conservation of tropical forests at the United Nations COP28 climate change... (photo: Unsplash / Kiyoshi) Reuters
Brazil   Climate change   Environment   Photos
Citigroup London Citigroup asks employees to speak up about inappropriate behavior
Companies Citigroup IncFollow NEW YORK, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A top Citigroup (C.N) executive asked employees to speak up if they see inappropriate behavior after a managing... (photo: Creative Commons / Håkan Dahlström) Reuters
Business   Citigroup   Photos
A man cools off in a shower at Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 24, 2023. Brazil records its hottest ever temperature
SAO PAULO — Brazil has recorded its hottest ever temperature — 44.8C (112.6F) — as parts of the country endure a stifling heatwave.The record was hit on Sunday in the... (photo: AP / Bruna Prado)
Saudi Gazette
  Brazil   Climate Change   Wikipedia: 2023 South America heat wave   Photos
Roger Waters performs at the United Center on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Chicago Roger Waters denied hotel stays in Argentina and Uruguay over antisemitism allegations
Hotels in Argentina and Uruguay reportedly rejected reservations for Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters over accusations of antisemitism leveled at the British singer... (photo: AP / Rob Grabowski) The Daily Mail
Antisemitism   Argentina - Uruguay   Photos   Roger Waters   Wikipedia: Roger Waters
FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2020 file photo, cattle graze on land recently burned and deforested by cattle farmers near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil. Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls to lowest since 2018
SAO PAULO, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped by 22.3% in the 12 months through July, government data showed on Thursday, as President Luiz... (photo: AP / Andre Penner) Reuters
Amazon deforestation   Brazil   Climate change   Photos
Aereal view of an area deforestated by soybean farmers in Novo Progreso, Para, Brazil, in this September, 2004 file photo. Deforestation in the Amazon rain forest in 2004 was the second worst on record, figures released by the Brazilian government showed. Satellite photos and data showed that ranchers, soybean farmers and loggers burned and cut down a near-record area of 26,130 square kilometers (10,088 square miles) of rain forest in the 12 months ending in August 2004, the Brazilian Environmental Ministry said Wednesday.The destruction was nearly 6 percent higher than in the same period the year before, when 24,600 square kilometers (9,500 square miles) were des China's COFCO, Modern Farming Group sign 'deforestation free' soybean deal
Companies China Foods LtdFollow Modern Farming (Group) Co., Ltd.Follow Cofco CorpFollow SAO PAULO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - China's state-run food group COFCO International... (photo: AP / Alberto Cesar-GREENPEACE/HO) Reuters
Agriculture   China   Deforestation   Photos
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands steers his car during the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023 Verstappen wins Brazilian Grand Prix, Perez distances from Hamilton in fight for runner-up
Three-time champion Max Verstappen led from the start and won the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday. Sergio Perez of Red Bull finished in fourth place, distancing himself... (photo: AP / Andre Penner)
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  Brazilian Grand Prix   Formula One   Max Verstappen   Photos   Wikipedia: Max Verstappen
Coal plant pollution Insight: Climate's 'Catch-22': Cutting pollution heats up the planet
Nov 2 (Reuters) - Air pollution, a global scourge that kills millions of people a year, is shielding us from the full force of the sun. Getting rid of it will accelerate... (photo: Creative Commons) Reuters
China   Climate change   Emissions   Photos
FILE - Floating homes and boats lay stranded on the dry bed of Puraquequara lake, amid a severe drought, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Oct. 5, 2023. The extreme drought sweeping across Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife. Amazon drought chokes river traffic, threatens northern corn exports
Companies Bunge LtdFollow Hidrovias do Brasil SAFollow SAO PAULO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A severe drought choking major rivers in the Amazon rainforest has disrupted ship... (photo: AP) Reuters
Amazon rainforest   Brazil   Environment   Photos
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting with the executive members of the Workers Party, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. Brazil's President Lula set to undergo hip replacement surgery
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is scheduled to undergo hip replacement surgery Friday, a procedure likely to put a temporary halt to... (photo: AP / Andre Penner) The News-Gazette
Brazil   Wikipedia: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva   Photos   Politics
Marcos Gomes, second from right, searches for belongings at the site of his destroyed home after floods caused by a cyclone in Mucum, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 Brazil: Death toll from tropical cyclone reaches 36
The death toll from heavy rains in southern Brazil has risen to 36, local authorities said, as a tropical cyclone battered and soaked the region, flooding homes and... (photo: AP / Wesley Santos) RTE
Brazil   Photos   Rio Grande do Sul Floods   Tropical Cyclone   Wikipedia: Brazil
A home is in ruins after a deadly cyclone hit Mucum in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 Fierce storm in southern Brazil kills at least 21 people and displaces more than 1,600
SAO PAULO (AP) — At least 21 people died in southern Brazil due to a fierce storm that caused floods in several cities, authorities said Tuesday. Rio Grande do Sul Gov.... (photo: AP / Wesley Santos) Jamaica Observer
Brazil Floods   Extreme Weather   Mucum   Photos   Wikipedia: Brazil
Oranges of Saúde flea market, São Paulo, Brazil Brazil's orange production at risk as greening disease skyrockets, research center says
SAO PAULO, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Brazil's orange production is at risk due to a citrus greening disease spreading in the world's largest fruit and juice producer,... (photo: Creative Commons / The Photographer https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:The_Photographer) Reuters
Agriculture   Brazil   Global Trading   Photos
Boeing 757 at Miami airport with fuel truck, Dec 2016 Boeing says Brazil could be top sustainable aviation fuel player
SAO PAULO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Brazil has the potential to become one of the major global players in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a Boeing (BA.N) executive said on... (photo: Creative Commons / Sunnya343 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sunnya343) Reuters
Air Transport   Brazil   Oil   Photos
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