August 8, 2023 Indigenous leader inspires law to treat Amazone river as a living entity subject to rights Brazilian municipality Guajara-Mirim has passed a law that designates the Komi Memem River personhood, a groundbreaking measure that was proposed by an Indigenous councilman.
August 8, 2023 Brazil, other Amazon rainforest countries to meet for the first time in 14 years over environmental threats Countries surrounding the Amazon rainforest, such as Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia, are meeting for the first time in over a decade to discuss protection measures.
August 8, 2023 Brazilian official blasts European Union rules banning products from areas of deforestation Brazil's agricultural minister blasted the new European Union rules that will ban products coming from deforested areas beginning in December 2024.
August 8, 2023 Brazilian census reveals country’s Indigenous people has nearly doubled its previous population count The number of Indigenous people in Brazil, which makes up 0.8% of the country, has nearly doubled its previous census count in 2010 with almost 1.7 million.
August 7, 2023 Governments gather to discuss strategies to protect Amazon rainforest: 'We are accelerating climate change' A major two-day Amazon Summit opens in Belem on Aug. 8, 2023. Governments of multiple countries are set to discuss strategies to save the rainforest.
August 3, 2023 President Lula's former lawyer takes seat on Brazilian Supreme Court Cristiano Zanin, the former personal lawyer of socialist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has assumed his seat on the nation's Supreme Court.
August 2, 2023 14 dead in São Paulo police raid as elite officer's murder investigation continues The casualty count from an ongoing operation in Brazil's São Paulo state is now 14, as officials continue their efforts to apprehend suspects in an elite police officer's killing.
August 2, 2023 Nigerian stowaways survive 14-day trip across Atlantic on ship's rudder, drank ocean water: report Four Nigerian stowaways are claiming to have survived a trip across the Atlantic Ocean to Brazil on a cargo ship’s rudder by drinking sea water.
August 1, 2023 Population of Brazil's endangered golden monkeys bounces back following yellow fever outbreak The population of golden lion tamarins in the Brazilian rainforest is at a high since the effort to save the species began in the 1970s.
July 27, 2023 'Barbie' moms brawl over bad theater behavior in viral video A viral TikTok video shows two "Barbie" moms duking it out in a movie theater after one accused the other of letting her child watch YouTube videos throughout the screening.