Biden becomes the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest

Joe Biden toured the shrinking waters of the Rio Negro as the first sitting American president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest.

Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher

Potential supply shortages are plaguing the world's largest coffee producer as well as the second-biggest – Vietnam.

Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge’s decision to block X nationwide

The social media platform will stay suspended until it complies with local orders and pays outstanding fines that as of last week exceeded $3 million.

Fire smoke covers Brazil’s capital, prompting federal response

Smoke from fires in the Amazon rainforest, Cerrado savannah, Pantanal wetlands and Sao Paulo state is affecting millions of Brazilians across the country.

Brazilian authorities begin investigation into fiery plane crash that killed 62

Images recorded by witnesses showed the aircraft in a flat spin and plunging vertically before smashing to the ground inside a gated community.

Southern Brazil is still reeling from massive flooding as it faces risk from new storms

Heavy rains and flooding in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul since last week also have left 128 people missing, authorities said.

Ties to Maine: Missionary in trouble with Brazilian government

Story of Paris Hill man connects Maine to ‘complexities’ of slave trade

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