What we know about the fire 'pandemic' plaguing Brazil
Brazil is burning. From the Amazon rainforest to the Pantanal wetlands, flames have consumed millions of hectares of forest ...
El País in English1d
Brazil sees its worst forest fires in 14 years, exposing Lula and state governors’ lack of preparation
The president has announced extra funding to fight the 200,000 wildfire outbreaks, most of which had human causes, that are ...
AFP on MSN2d
Fires in Brazil engulf two-thirds of the country in smoke
Brazil is experiencing record-breaking wildfires as persistent drought affects the Amazon rainforest. Two-thirds of the ...
Barron's3d
What We Know About The Fire 'Pandemic' Plaguing Brazil
Here is what we know about Brazil's "fire pandemic," as Supreme Court judge ... the Amazon this month are already much higher than in 2019, when destruction of the world's largest tropical rain ...
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Brazil: Fires impact 11.39 mi hectares this year
From January to August 2024, fires in Brazil have ravaged 11.39 million hectares ... on record since the Fire Monitor series began in 2019. The states of Mato Grosso, Pará, and Mato Grosso ...
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Brazil launches ‘war’ on widespread fire outbreaks & criminal arsonists
In the state of São Paulo, Brazil’s most populated ... to compare it to the Day of Fire, in 2019. In that incident, a coordinated group in Pará’s southwest set fire to several places ...
NewsX13d
Bolivia: Why Has The South American Country Declared National Emergency?
Bolivia’s firefighting resources are overstretched, prompting the government to seek international aid. Indigenous volunteers ...
Las Vegas Sun15d
Brazil's Lula fires human rights minister accused of sexual misconduct
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has fired Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida following reports he was involved in sexual misconduct ...