Brazil is on track to record its lowest Amazon deforestation rates since 2012. Despite this major accomplishment, experts warn that forest degradation, driven by wildfires, logging and drought, is outpacing deforestation.

A planned Oval Office media availability was pushed back and then canceled altogether without explanation after the two leaders met for several hours behind closed doors on Thursday

Brazil’s lower house approved a bill to regulate the exploration of critical and strategic minerals, a step toward realizing the potential of the nation’s vast reserves as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva prepares to meet Donald Trump.

A 13-year-old student admitted carrying out the attack at the public school Instituto Sao Jose in Rio Branco, officials said.

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury contamination.

The bulk of interest-rate cuts in Brazil is likely to come only after October elections, according to former Central Bank director Bruno Serra.