In 15 conservation units, illegal gold miners destroyed 330 hectares (815 acres) — an area close to the size of Central Park ...

Gold is difficult to trace, especially once metal from different sources has been melted together. Investigators say this is ...

Dozens of environmental nonprofits issued a manifesto Thursday condemning new laws in Brazilian states that threaten to ...

Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally ...

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Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino shot back Sunday after President-elect Trump suggested the Panama Canal return to U.S.

Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence ...

illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon was out of control. According to the research collective MapBiomas, illegal miners — garimpeiros, as they are known in Brazil — almost doubled the ...

A farmers' lobby in Brazil is seeking to end a two-decade-long agreement that forbids grain traders from buying soybeans from ...

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According to a new report, organized criminal gangs have expanded their presence in over a third of municipalities in Brazil's rainforest region.

CATALAO, Brazil (AP) — Santa Claus braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to children in a village near the Brazilian city of Manaus.