South America’s most dangerous gang invades the Amazon forest
The PCC is taking over illegal gold mining in the Amazon and corrupting Indigenous cultures in a spiral of violence in some ...
Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024
The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024. A second year of record drought contributed to ...
Brazil court suspends law cutting tax breaks for firms with deforestation soy commitment
A justice on Brazil's top court on Thursday suspended a law from the country's top soy-producing state that would end tax ...
Selling sex for gold in the Amazon's illegal mines
It’s not unknown for women to be murdered in mining villages. The dead body of 26-year-old Raiele Santos was found last year in the room where she had been living near the Cuiú-Cuiú gold mine, 11 ...