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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least 12 people died on Sunday after a small plane crashed near the Rio Branco airport, in the capital of the western Brazilian state of Acre, state authorities said.

As per the press office of Gov. Gladson Camelihe, the plane went down near the main airport in Rio Branco, the capital of Acre state

By Steven Grattan SAO PAULO (Reuters) - More rare freshwater dolphins in Brazil have been found dead in a new location along the Amazon River, in the latest grim fallout from the longest drought in the rainforest's recorded history. Sea Shepherd Br...

Crises

The entire state of Amazonas has been gripped by a severe drought, with most municipalities (60) in a state of emergency and 2 in a state of alert, Agencia Brasil reported. The El Niño phenomenon has been linked to the ongoing crisis.

Aiming to improve technical capacities to detect, inspect, and identify illegal timber shipments on maritime and river routes, UNODC, through the Law Enforcement Assistance Programme to Reduce Tropical Deforestation (LEAP), promoted a practical and theoretical training between October 17 and 20, in Paranaguá, Paraná State. Paranaguá has been identified together with government authorities as one of the key ports for the export of timber.

Brazil is a country with a proud history of indigenously-made jazz - and pianist Amaro Freitas is at the genre’s modern vanguard, experimenting with ...

The Negro River, the major tributary that runs through the Brazilian Amazon, has reached historic lows, revealing millennia-old carvings previously hidden under water. “They allow us to understand the way of life of prehistoric populations,” Jaime de Santana Oliveira, an archaeologist with Brazil’s National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute, said. The Ponto das Lajes archaeological site is located in the rural area of Manaus, the largest city and capital of Amazonas...

The Negro River, the major tributary that runs through the Brazilian Amazon, has reached historic lows, revealing millennia-old carvings previously hidden under water.

The Fiat Strada is also known as the RAM 700. It is selling in buckets in Brazil and will soon reach Mexico as well. The idea of a tiny cargo carrier tha...