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During this pivotal year, the Brazil-U.S. Business Council is the ideal platform to advance dialogues on critical issues.

Brazil is moving ahead with the creation of an international security center in Manaus that will bring together Amazon nations in policing the rainforest, sharing intelligence and chasing criminals, a senior Brazilian police officer said. A building has been rented and equipment is being purchased for the center that will have police representatives from the other seven countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO). The center will fight drug trafficking and the smuggling of tim

Brazil is moving ahead with the creation of an international security center in Manaus that will bring together Amazon nations in policing the rainforest, sharing intelligence and chasing criminals, a senior Brazilian police officer said. A building has been rented and equipment is being purchased for the center that will have police representatives from the other seven countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO). The center will fight drug trafficking and the smuggling of t...

Brazil is moving ahead with the creation of an international security center in Manaus that will bring together Amazon nations in policing the rainforest, sharing intelligence and chasing...

Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional

Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional resolution calls for annulling the Monroe Doctrine and replacing it with a “new good neighbor” policy. The intent is to “foster improved relations and deeper, more effective cooperation” with our neighbor nations.

‘Upside-down forest’ is the world’s most biodiverse savanna and its carbon-storing root systems feed watershed basins in most of South America

Brazil's Congress has approved BR-319, a bill that will allocate conservation funds for highway pavement to be placed through the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

The Brazilian government wants to tap into the Amazon Fund to pave a road. Western donors say that goes against the fund's rules.

In a new report, the environmental audit select committee (EAC) warns the intensity of U.K. consumption on the world’s forests is higher than that of China.