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Brazils has 1.69 million Indigenous people, almost twice as many as previously acknowledged by the state, according to numbers announced on Monday by the national statistics agency IBGE from the...

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil has 1.69 million Indigenous people, almost twice as many as previously acknowledged by the state, according to ...

Raoni Metuktire, an Indigenous chief from Brazil's Amazon, will urge the region's head of state meeting here this coming week to step up their efforts to preserve the rainforest that is vital to his people's survival and the global climate. Raoni said threats to the rainforest have decreased since President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office in January, but the danger for Indigenous people is now the Brazilian Congress, where the farm lobby is pushing legislation to end furthe...

Raoni Metuktire, an Indigenous chief from Brazils Amazon, will urge the regions head of state meeting here this coming week to step up their efforts to preserve the rainforest that is vital to...

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Amazon countries meeting next week for a summit on cooperation to save the rainforest aim to set up a ...

Brazil has resisted gathering momentum in the BRICS group of major emerging economies to add more member countries, but debate over admission criteria seems inevitable at this months summit, three...

Brazils President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his country is working for peace in Ukraine but neither its leader nor Russias are prepared to talk peace....

BRASILIA, Aug 2 - Brazil has emerged as the primary holdout within the BRICS group, composed of major emerging economies, against the prospect of adding more member countries. However, sources indicate that discussions on admission criteria are likely to take place during this month's summit. The BRICS group, which includes Russia, India, China, and South |

South American trade bloc Mercosur this week will prepare its counterproposal to a European Union addendum on a long-awaited trade deal before meeting with EU negotiators in August in the hopes of closing the accord by the end of the year, two Brazilian diplomats told Reuters. Brazil felt targeted by a "side letter" added this year to the trade deal struck in 2019, adding environmental guarantees to the original accord, they said. The government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva...

South American trade bloc Mercosur officials met on Tuesday to agree on their counterproposal to a European Union addendum on a long-awaited trade deal before meeting with EU negotiators in August in...