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Bolsonaro says China part of Brazil's future

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 09:33 AM

China is increasingly part of Brazil's future, President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday, signaling a more pragmatic approach to the Latin American country's biggest trade partner. Read more »

The coffee conundrum: consumption is up but trade prices are low

Benoît Pelegrin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 12:22 PM

Futures on arabica and robusta, the most widespread varieties of coffee, have fallen 40 percent since the beginning of 2017 and are now at historically low levels. Read more »

Thousands of Catholic faithful in Brazil celebrate first female saint

Eugenia Logiuratto, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 08:02 AM

Sister Dulce, as she is affectionately known in the world's biggest mostly Catholic country, was one of five people elevated by the pope to the highest position within the church on October 13.   Read more »

Mystery oil spills blot more than 130 Brazilian beaches

Louis Genot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 07:36 AM

The source of large blots of oil staining more than 130 beaches in northeastern Brazil remained a mystery Tuesday despite President Jair Bolsonaro's assertions they came from outside the country and were possibly the work of criminals. Read more »

Amazon fires drive spike in child breathing problems in Brazil - study

Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 05:38 AM

Roughly 5,000 children aged 9 or younger were treated each month in May and June in 36 areas within Brazil's so-called "arc of deforestation," the area partially encircling the Amazon where destruction of the forest is the highest, according to a study by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, a public health research institute. Read more »

'Media is lying' about Amazon devastation, says Brazil's Bolsonaro

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 11:07 AM

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday it was a lie that the Amazon was being devastated by fire and accused countries critical of him of having a "colonialist spirit."  Read more »

In remote Amazon, indigenous married Catholics spread gospel, pray for priesthood

Maria Cervantes, Reuters
Posted at Sep 24 06:24 PM

Whispering "Jesusan namanguinde," or "the body of Christ" in the tongue of the indigenous Achuar people, Yampik gives communion bread to villagers in a small chapel amid a loud chorus of birds and insects outside. Read more »

As global leaders meet, the Amazon rainforest burns

Pascale Trouillaud, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 07:10 AM

The fires that burned through the Amazon rainforest last month sparked international outcry and offers of help, but as world leaders meet in New York, the planet's largest rainforest remains engulfed in flames.   Read more »

Brazil's Amazon chief Raoni nominated for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

Reuters
Posted at Sep 15 02:24 AM

A group of Brazilian anthropologists and environmentalists has put forward Chief Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapó tribe as a candidate for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work protecting the Amazon rainforest. Read more »

At least 11 dead in Brazil hospital blaze

Mauro Pimentel and Carlos Fabal, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 14 06:00 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—A fire erupted in a hospital in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, leaving at least 11 people dead and forcing medical staff and desperate relatives to rescue patients from smoke-filled wards. Read more »

Avon, Body Shop parent merger gets PH antitrust monitor's OK

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 02:40 PM

The merger will result in the world's fourth largest beauty products company, with estimated annual gross revenues of $10 billion (P518 billion). Read more »

Rights defender shot dead in Brazil's Amazon

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 05:55 AM

BRAZIL—A human rights defender has been shot dead in the Amazon, Brazil's National Indian Foundation, Funai, announced Monday. Read more »

Amazon countries sign forest pact, promising to coordinate disaster response

Luis Jaime Acosta, Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 10:20 AM

Seven Amazonian countries on Friday signed a pact to protect the world's largest tropical forest via disaster response coordination and satellite monitoring, amid recent fires that torched thousands of square miles of the jungle. Read more »

Brazil to hire short-term environmental enforcers following Amazon fires

Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 09:46 AM

BRASILIA - Budget restrictions mean Brazil cannot hire more permanent environmental enforcement agents in the wake of surging Amazon fires but will contract local environmental police on a short-term basis, Environment Minister Ricardo Salles told Reuters on Friday. Read more »

H&M suspends Brazil leather purchases over Amazon fires

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 06 05:12 AM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Fashion giant H&M on Thursday announced it was suspending leather purchases from Brazil in response to the Amazon fires that have provoked a global outcry. Read more »

Fire hazard: Children struggle to breathe as smoke chokes Amazon city

Fabio Teixeira, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Sep 03 08:25 AM

The smoke permeating the city, the capital of Brazil's northwestern state of Rondonia, is leading concerned parents to wait for hours in line at local hospitals to get help for their children who are struggling to breathe.   Read more »

Brazil's Amazon basin fires keep surging

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 01 03:44 PM

The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon basin is still on the rise, even though the government has banned burning, officials said Saturday. Read more »

Brazil agents raid illegal miners in Amazon as environmental enforcement ratchets up

Pablo Garcia and Nacho Doce, Reuters
Posted at Aug 31 07:37 PM

ALTAMIRA, BRAZIL - Federal agents in Brazil exchanged gunfire with illegal miners in the Amazon state of Para on Friday, according to Reuters witnesses, in a dramatic example of how Brazil has stepped up environmental enforcement in the wake of rainforest fires. Read more »

WHO: Amazon fires pose health risks to children

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Aug 30 10:20 PM

Fires raging in the Amazon pose a risk to health including from respiratory diseases, especially in children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Read more »

Brazil bans burning for 2 months to defuse Amazon crisis

Jordi Miro and Allison Jackson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 29 06:14 PM

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree Wednesday to ban burning throughout the country for 2 months. Read more »