Marina Silva is stepping down as Brazil’s environment minister so that she can run for Congress in national elections.

The idea of a railway line stretching across the width of South America — from Peru on the Pacific coast to Brazil on the ...

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park hosts sand-dune fields that fill up with lagoons every wet season, but the reserve also has ...

Indigenous tribes in Brazil's Amazon are upset at Cargill's continued exploitation of the region's natural resources.

Small farmers and community-led conservation efforts are trying to protect one of the biggest semi-arid forests in the world – under threat from expanding agriculture, wildfires and the ‘logging mafia ...

A top Brazilian justice has granted former President Jair Bolsonaro permission to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup ...

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises reports it has only limited cabins remaining on its Amazon expedition cruises in 2027 and 2028.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro allowed to serve his 27-year sentence at home due to ill health.

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Rhythm guitarist Stevie Young has been hospitalised in Argentina ahead of AC/DC's upcoming shows at the Estadio River Plate ...

Locals warned Belo Monte would kill the river, and now the plant faces a turning point as prophecies become real.