Indigenous leaders count on Biden to help save Amazon from 'brink of collapse'
Biden's election as the next U.S. leader, replacing climate change skeptic Donald Trump, has raised expectations that conserving the rainforest will get greater attention and priority.
Brazil says Chinese vaccine trial can resume after suspension
Brazil health regulator Anvisa on Wednesday allowed resumption of late-stage Brazilian clinical trials for China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, which had been suspended due to a study subject's death that was registered in Sao Paulo as a suicide. Brazilian medical institute Butantan said in a statement ...
Brazil's Amazon sees nearly two-thirds more fires than last September
Satellites used by the National Institute of Space Research detected 32,017 outbreaks last month in the Amazon, compared to 19,925 in the same month in 2019.
Coronavirus pandemic leaves Amazon rainforest more vulnerable than ever
The virus has magnified the plight of indigenous tribes at a time when the dreaded forest fires are raging once again.
Jair Bolsonaro bets 'miraculous cure' can save Brazil — and his life
More than 1.7 million people in Brazil have tested positive for coronavirus and nearly 68,000 have died. Only the United States has performed worse.
The World Health Organization pointed Tuesday to "emerging evidence" that the coronavirus might spread by air further than previously thought, and warned the pandemic was still accelerating. The WHO said it would put out a new scientific brief within days, after an international group of ...
Brazil's Bolsonaro undergoing coronavirus test after showing symptoms
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is undergoing another test for COVID-19 after showing symptoms of the virus. Bolsonaro said an exam showed his lungs are "clean” and that he would test for the coronavirus again. "But everything is fine,” he told supporters as he arrived at ...
Brazil now second in coronavirus deaths; U.S. states see rising caseloads
Brazil on Friday claimed the unenviable position of having the second-highest coronavirus death toll in the world behind the United States, where several states have posted record daily case totals, signaling the crisis is far from over. U.S. and European stocks ended the week on ...
Jair Bolsonaro threatens WHO exit as COVID-19 kills 'a Brazilian per minute'
President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization (WHO) after the U.N. agency warned Latin American governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus throughout the region. A new Brazilian record ...
Maskless Bolsonaro joins protesters against Congress and court
The latest protests and Bolsonaro’s appearance to greet his supporters may fuel the institutional crisis that’s been brewing amid a fake news probe.
Like Trump, Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro also bets big on chloroquine
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro neatly sums up how thoroughly politics has hijacked the debate over using malaria drugs against the new coronavirus: "Right-wingers take chloroquine." The far-right leader made the remark Tuesday, a day before his government recommended widespread use of chloroquine and a less-toxic ...
British supermarkets threaten Brazil boycott over Amazon land law
Leading British supermarket chains have warned Brazil they may be forced to boycott its goods if lawmakers in the South American country pass a bill that would "encourage further land grabbing" in the Amazon. In an open letter to Brazilian senators and deputies, the companies ...
