#BrazilianAmazon

AFP/APP Brasília: Brasília's iconic futuristic buildings, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, have been engulfed in a thick haze of smoke in recent days. Several parts of Brazil are suffocating due to raging wildfires, but the fumes…

AFP/APP Brazil: The Brazilian government is deploying military aircraft in a "war" against wildfires ravaging the southeastern state of São Paulo, where dozens of cities are on high alert, officials announced on Sunday. Following a crisis…

AFP/APP Brazil: Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have been struggling to breathe as thick smoke from forest fires shrouds their city. “We are struggling to breathe,” said 30-year-old teacher Tayane Moraes, one of the…

AFP/APP Rio de Janeiro: Torrential rains causing historic flooding in southern Brazil have revealed a "very well-preserved" dinosaur fossil dating back some 200 million years, according to the research team who discovered it. The…

AFP/APP Rio de Janeiro:The Brazilian Amazon recorded 13,489 wildfires in the first half of the year, the worst figure in 20 years, satellite data revealed Monday. The total was up 61 percent compared to the 8,344 fires detected in the…