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Brazilian Police Seize Drug-Laden Aircraft From Venezuela as U.S. Presses Anti-Narcotics Mission in Caribbean

The pilot evaded capture and remains at large while the seized drugs were transferred to police headquarters in Manaus for further investigation

Latin Times

‘Leo will follow Francis’: Catholics in the Amazon hope new pope will protect the rainforest

Amazon Catholics say the new pope is needed at COP30 in Brazil later this year.

Euronews

Brazil Slams US After Dozens Of Deportees Arrive Handcuffed

Brazil's government expressed outrage on Saturday after dozens of immigrants deported from the United States arrived by plane in handcuffs, calling it a "flagrant disregard" for their rights.

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Fate of endangered monkey hinges on Brazilian city’s planning policy

Pied tamarin has narrow range and is found only around borders of Manaus in the Amazon rainforest

The Guardian - UK

Santa braves the sticky heat of the Amazon jungle to bring gifts to children in remote village

Santa Claus has braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to the children of a small village near the Brazilian city of Manaus

The Independent UK

Dramatic images show drought's toll on Amazon and its rivers

Drought is devastating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and some rivers are falling to historic lows. Images of one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries, the Negro River, show just how dramatically water is dwindling.

The Independent UK

Citing climate change, a federal court in Brazil halts rainforest highway paving

In an unusual action, a Brazilian federal court has halted a project to pave a dirt highway that connects the major city of Manaus to populous regions, citing the likelihood it will contribute to climate change

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‘Children were dying. We didn’t even have aspirin’: the Indigenous Venezuelans forced far from home

Economic crisis has driven Warao communities from their traditional life in lush forest to a Brazilian slum

The Guardian - UK

9 of the best cities and towns for a holiday in Brazil

Glorious coastal cities, modern concrete jungles and delightful colonial towns await

The Independent UK

Amazon region hit by trio of droughts in grim snapshot of the century to come

The Amazon is facing an unprecedented drought that is projected to continue affecting the region at least until mid-2024. The lowest water levels in 121 years of river-level records have been recorded in the city of Manaus. Vast areas of the Amazon River’s bed have been exposed, and more than…

The Conversation

‘For us, the Amazon isn’t a cause, it’s our home’: the riverside communities stranded by the climate crisis

The historic drought in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has reduced the Rio Negro to a trickle and put at risk the livelihoods of remote Indigenous and riverside communities

The Guardian - UK

Drought turns Amazonian capital into climate dystopia

Forest fires leave Manaus with second worst air quality in the world, while low river levels cut off communities

The Guardian - UK

In Brazil's Amazon, rivers fall to record low levels during drought

The Negro River, the Amazon's second largest tributary, has reached its lowest level since official measurements began near Manaus 121 years ago

The Independent UK

‘Without water, there is no life’: Drought in Brazil’s Amazon is sharpening fears for the future

The extreme drought sweeping across Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife

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Man dies in 'freak accident' after swallowing bee while cycling

Waldonilton de Andrade Reis had been training near a beach in Manaus, Brazil, when a bee flew into his mouth, causing an allergic reaction that would take his life

The Guardian - UK

‘Their vision needs to be shared’: the tiny shop championing the literature of the Amazon

Banca do Largo contains the world’s largest collection of titles by Amazonian writers – and its owner believes their Indigenous knowledge and voices should be more widely heard

WEKU

This Amazon road led to vast deforestation. Brazil's Bolsonaro plans to pave it

President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection Sunday, has pledged to fully pave BR-319 and turn it into a kind of jungle expressway, raising alarm from environmental groups.

The Conversation

Parintins: A remote Brazilian city overcoming isolation through a festival

There are no bridges or roads that connect the city-island of Parintins to the rest of the world. This remote city in the Amazon is 369 kilometres away from Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state. Parintins is home to thousands of low-income and Indigenous Brazilians and can only be…

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The Independent UK

In Brazilian Amazon, a 1,000-mile voyage so people can vote

Sunday is election day in Brazil

WEKU

Brazil's election could determine the fate of the Amazon after record deforestation

Under President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection in Sunday's vote, forest clearing and wildfires have surged in the Amazon.

Reuters

Bridge collapses in Brazilian Amazon, 3 killed and up to 15 missing

Up to 15 people are missing and three are confirmed dead after a bridge collapsed in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas on Wednesday, firefighters and local media said.

The Independent UK

Pope appoints first cardinal from Amazon rainforest

When the Archbishop of the Brazilian city of Manaus Leonardo Steiner kneels before Pope Francis on August 27, the Brazilian clergyman will make history as the first Cardinal to come from the Amazon

The Independent UK

People in Brazil's Amazon rainforest again reel from floods

For the second straight year, inhabitants of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are being overwhelmed by flooding, with hundreds of thousands of people already affected by waters that are still rising

Asharq Al-Awsat

Brazil Hosts First Ever Fashion Show Celebrating Indigenous People

Brazil has organized the first ever indigenous fashion show in the city of Manaus, during which models wear feathered headdresses. "It is a feeling of happiness and pride," said 19-year-old model Moan Munduruku. “As it’s the first-of-its-kind event, we are very eager to show our talent, in sewing, in crafts.…

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