The repaved road would trigger an explosion of deforestation in Amazonas. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is pushing to resurrect a dilapidated highway project that seeks to build a highway through the heart of the South […]
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro blamed media for being “deceitful” and hyping the destruction of the Amazon rainforest during a speech at the United Nations. In his 30-minute-long address, Bolsonaro denied that the Amazon was “being […]
Several leaders of South American nations will meet in Colombia to participate in an emergency summit on the preservation of the Amazon. The presidents invited to the southern city of Leticia include Ecuador’s Lenin Moreno, […]
On September 5th, also known as Amazon’s Day, social and environmental movements, professors, and students will hold protests in several Brazilian cities in rejection of President Jair Bolsonaro’s policies which encourage the conversion of the […]
Representatives of Ecuador’s Indigenous peoples staged on Wednesday a sit-in before the National Assembly’s building in Quito, demanding the government of President Lenin Moreno to enforce local and international legislation protecting their rights and the […]
Around 2,000 new fires have been recorded in the Amazon, despite the Brazilian government’s 60-day burning ban issued on Aug. 29. The Brazilian National Space Research Institute (INPE) released satellite data showing that two days […]
Brazilians saying that President Jair Bolsonaro is doing a “bad or terrible” job rose to 38% from 33% previously, following a global outcry over the government’s handling of record fires in the Amazon rainforest. The […]
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