Tag: Amazon rainforest

Friday, June 17th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
UN tells Brazil to be impartial in Amazonia murder probe

Brazil's government has been advised by the United Nations to conduct an “impartial” investigation into the murders of British journalist Don Phillips and local indigenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira in Amazonia earlier this month.
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Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Phillips and Araújo found dead in Amazonia – killers said to have confessed

The bodies of British reporter Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araújo Pereira were found lifeless in Amazonia Wednesday while the two suspects arrested in connection with the case have reportedly confessed to committing the murders.
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Monday, June 13th 2022 - 20:55 UTC
UK journalist and guide in Amazonia said to have been found dead – Police denies it

Despite versions from family members that two bodies had been found belonging to missing British reporter Dom Phillips and indgenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira, Brazilian Federal Police in the state of Amazonas deny any such discoveries.
Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Amazonas police make arrest in British reporter case

Brazilian authorities have arrested a suspect in the case of British journalist Dom Phillips and his local indigenous affairs expert friend Bruno Araújo Pereira who went missing in Amazonia earlier this week. Phillips and Araújo were last seen Sunday after leaving Sao Rafael in a boat on Sunday on their way to indigenous enclaves where they planned to collect materials for a future book.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 09:55 UTC
BRICS financing, a life-changer for Amazonia residents

Financing from the BRICS bank has been pivotal in boosting pavement, drainage, basic sanitation and sidewalk construction works in Brazil's Amazonia, it was reported.
Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
Brazil: Two reported dead in new clash involving garimpeiros

A new armed confrontation allegedly involving garimpeiros has left at least two people dead and five others injured in Brazil's Yanomami Indigenous Land, it was reported.
Friday, February 11th 2022 - 23:53 UTC
Brazilian Amazon shows signs of increasing deforestation despite promises

Despite announcements from the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro that action would be taken to reverse the trend, deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has reached new highs in January of 2022, it was reported Friday.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Bolsonaro says Amazon crisis “same old nonsense”

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said the Amazon desertification alert was “the same old nonsense” and blamed the opposition for those reports which were aimed at denting the country's image and scaring away investors.
Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Bolsonaro gov't wants Elon Musk to supply internet access to Amazon region

Negotiations between Brazil's Government and entrepreneur Elon Musk to make the internet available to people in the Amazon region were announced Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 19:43 UTC
Sustainable goals require funding, Brazilian minister tells Glasgow

Brazil's Environment Minister Joaquim Leite Wednesday demanded attendees at Glasgow's COP26 Summit that it was up to the wealthiest countries in the world to provide for the financing of the developing nations' clean development strategies.