Rio de Janeiro swelters under extreme heat, with maximum temperatures expected to exceed 40ºC for a second consecutive day. As residents and tourists seek relief from the oppressive conditions, ...

Residents of Brazil’s largest favela are using a public square shower to cool off due to ongoing water shortages in the ...

Brazil's attorney general on Tuesday formally charged far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro and 33 others over an alleged ...

Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday filed charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro for attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.

In some Amazon rivers in Brazil, cases of diseases related to inadequate basic sanitation, such as malaria and acute diarrhea ...

Rio de Janeiro recorded its hottest day in at least a decade when temperatures reached 111 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday as residents flocked to the ocean to try to cool off.

Summer is hot in Rio, but this is hotter than normal. Mercury could top 107 degrees. And the record heat is triggering alerts and safety warnings.

Don Roose of U.S. Commodities took a recent trip to South America and saw firsthand what the crop conditions looked like.

Time is of the essence for a Brazilian neuroscientist who wants to study whale and dolphin brains before the brains decompose ...

Climate impacts can increase the prevalence of diseases in coffee crops, reducing overall yields for farmers. Studies have ...

Adaptation can also involve changing how and where people live, prohibiting them from rebuilding in areas that repeatedly ...

NY world sugar #11 (SBH25) today is up +0.38 (+1.92%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25) is up +1.70 (+0.31%).