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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has gathered leaders and high-level officials from South America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia for a two-day summit on charting shared strategies to

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — For the first time in 14 years, presidents of the South American nations home to the Amazon rainforest are converging to chart a common c

For the first time in 14 years, presidents of the South American nations home to the Amazon rainforest are converging to chart a common course for protection of the bioregion and address organized crime. The summit Tuesday and Wednesday in the Brazilian city of Belem is a meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, a toothless, 45-year-old alliance that has met only three times before. The Amazon stretches across an area twice the size of India, and two-thirds of it lies in Brazil.

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Countries surrounding the Amazon rainforest, such as Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia, are meeting for the first time in over a decade to discuss protection measures.

It’s been 14 years since the eight countries of the Amazon region convened in a summit of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization. Leaders will discuss deforestation and illegal gold mining,

It has been 14 years since the eight countries in the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization have convened for a summit.

According to Luis Arce, the ACTO countries should be on guard about the intentions of European countries, which are also trying to gain control over the region, only through different methods

Leaders from South American nations that are home to the Amazon are challenging the developed world to do more to help stop massive destruction of the world’s largest rainforest. The

Amazon rainforest nation leaders met Tuesday for the first time in 14 years to find common ground on fueling economic development while protecting an ecosystem vital to the battle against climate change