Brazil, Amazon
Brazil's Supreme Court endorses drought and wildfire spending, without hitting fiscal target
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Sunday authorized the government to exempt spending on wildfires and droughts in the Amazon and Pantanal regions from this year’s fiscal target as the country grapples with the economic impacts of its worst drought on record.
Brazil's Amazon Drought Disrupts Residents' Lives
In the town of Manacapuru, near state capital Manaus, the drought has impacted navigation on the Solimoes River, which turns into the Amazon River just downstream and is a vital lifeline for transporting all kinds of goods in and out of the town.
Brazil experiencing record-breaking wildfires as persistent drought affects the Amazon rainforest
A series of record-breaking wildfires are currently burning in several regions in Brazil, threatening residents and some of the most important ecological systems.
How Can Brazil’s Amazon Resist Longer Floods And Stronger Droughts?
To figure out how to save the wetland forests of the Amazon, an ecologist from Brazil led a massive series of expeditions to sample trees across the vast rain-forest.
During Brazil’s worst drought, wildfires rage and the Amazon River falls to a record low
Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59% of the country under stress — an area roughly half the size of the U.S.
Brazil suffering through its worst drought in history
At the opposite end of the spectrum, rivers that once flowed through the Amazon are drying out as Brazil endures a record drought and the country's geological service warns conditions are expected to worsen,
Brazil approves emergency spending to combat wildfires and drought in Amazon and Pantanal
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Sunday authorised the government to exempt spending on wildfires and droughts in the Amazon and Pantanal regions from this year’s fiscal target as the country grapples with the economic impacts of its worst drought on record.
Brazil SC unfreezes accounts of Elon Musk’s X, Starlink
Hundreds march in Brazil to support religious freedom as cases of intolerance rise
Practitioners of various religions have marched down Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach. They gathered Sunday to support ...
The NFL’s Brazil Game Is Still Just the Beginning of Football’s Global Push
Roger Goodell isn’t a U.S. diplomat, but he is doing more than his share to make the United States more likable to people ...
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New ‘Catholic bloc’ in Brazil’s Senate seen as effort to counter Evangelical influence
That so-called Catholic bloc is coherent with which Catholic stance, if it doesn’t follow the episcopate’s views?” asked ...
Brazil Weighs Breaching Debt Limits to Fight Drought and Fires
Brazil could override fiscal deficit limits and issue emergency credit to battle destructive wildfires, according to a senior ...
Brazil sees GDP accelerating in 2024 to 3.2% growth
Brazil's Finance Ministry raised its economic growth forecast on Friday to 3.2% for this year, projecting an acceleration ...
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Brazil vets treat jaguar burned in Pantanal fire
Brazil has been parched by a historic drought that experts link to climate change and which has sparked what authorities have ...