Amazon: World's Largest Meatpacker Joins Deforestation Fight

For years, the company has been criticized by several environmental organizations over receiving cattle that was raised in illegally deforested Amazon lands.

Cattle ranching is considered to trigger most of Amazon's deforestation.

Bolsonaro Blames Indigenous Peoples, NGOs, Press for Disasters

President Jair Bolsonaro, Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 16, 2020.

During a speech riddled with misrepresentations of reality, the Brazilian president boasted that his country is a "benchmark in environmental preservation."

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Mike Pompeo (L) and Ernesto Araujo (R), Roraima, Brazil, Sept.18, 2020.

Brazil's Foreign Minister Called To Declare Over Pompeo’s Visit

The Brazilian lawmakers want to know what really happened given that the official statements downplay the consequences of his visit.

Mike Pompeo in Roraima, Brazil, Sept. 18, 2020.

Brazil: Ex-Foreign Ministers Decry Pompeo's Hatred of Venezuela

All the former officials that took office after Brazil's dictatorship period (1964-1985) stated that Pompeo's visit is not in line with good international diplomatic practice.

Members of the Kayapos ethnic group block the B3-163 highway as a protest against the scarce health resources assigned to them, against the Ferrogrão railroad, in Novo Progresso, Pará. August, 2020.

Brazil: Indigenous People Demand Land Demarcation Against COVID

During the pandemic, several communities entered lockdown to avoid bringing in the virus.

A couple walks trough the Zocalo square, Mexico City, Mexico, August 4, 2020.

Latin America Is Reopening Too Soon, WHO Alerts

The WHO Regional Director warned that it is very dangerous to assume everything is going back to normality.

Mike Pompeo attends a meeting in Paramaribo, Surinam, Sept. 16, 2020.

Mike Pompeo Drives the US Agenda Against Venezuela From Brazil

With November elections just around the corner, Washington will use the visit to reinforce the perception of having a strong foreign policy.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Washington, U.S., 2020.

'Go Away, Mike Pompeo!', the Brazilian PT Leader Demands

"Our country is becoming a servant of the Trump administration... We want peace and not a war on our borders!", the Workers' Party President Gleisi Hoffmann stressed.

A Penguin Is Found Dead After Ingesting a Mask in Brazil

"Brazil has inefficient policies in the fight against water pollution," a biologist explained.

European Countries Urge Brazil's Gov't on Amazon Deforestation

On September 12, a group of 36 Brazilian companies and four business organizations sent a letter to the National Council for the Legal Amazon, also led by Hamilton Mourão, demanding "strong and effective" action against illegal deforestation.