ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil—Brazilian search teams have found “apparently human” remains in the river where a British journalist was last seen in the Amazon rainforest, police said on Friday, in what may be the biggest break yet for the five-day investigation. The “organic material” is being sent for forensic analysis, federal police said, along with…
Brazil Police Find Apparent Human Remains in River Where Reporter Vanished
Brazil Sends Helicopters to Search for 2 Missing in Amazon
ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil—Brazilian authorities began using helicopters to search a remote area of the Amazon rainforest for a British journalist and Indigenous official missing for more than three days. Civil police in Amazonas state also said Wednesday they had identified a suspect, who was arrested for allegedly carrying a firearm without a permit, which…
Fears Grow for Missing UK Journalist in Brazil as Sister Makes Appeal
The wife and the sister of a missing British journalist have called on the Brazilian government to pull out all the stops to find him after he vanished in a remote corner of the Amazon rainforest. Dom Phillips, 57, has not been seen since Sunday morning when he left the village of Sao Rafael in…
How Brazil Is Saving the World From a Catastrophic Food Crisis
June 6, 2022
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Commentary Brazil is the fourth-largest producer of food in the world. The country is entirely self-sufficient in basic foodstuffs, and it ranks as the world’s number one producer of banana, cacao, cassava, coffee, corn, maize, rice, soybean, and sugar. Although the bulk of these products are consumed domestically, a considerable part is also exported, including…
Touching VIDEO: 12-Year-Old Girl Sees Lost, Injured Puppy in the Rain, Takes Off Her Jacket to Rescue Her
A bystander captured candid footage of an adorable rescue of a stray puppy that took place one rainy day in Blumenau, in Santa Catarina, Brazil. The clip went viral, and has been circulating online. In mid-April, 12-year-old Cibely was halfway home from school, walking in the rain with her umbrella, when she spotted a shivering puppy…
Death Toll in Brazilian Floods Rises to 106, 10 Still Missing
At least 106 people have died and 10 are still missing in Brazil, the government said on Tuesday, as heavy rains tore through urban towns in the northeastern part of the country for a sixth consecutive day. The governor of the northeastern state of Pernambuco, Paulo Camara, in an interview with local media, said the…
Death Toll From Brazil Floods at Least 91, With Dozens Lost
Authorities in northeastern Brazil’s Pernambuco state said Monday that 91 deaths have been confirmed from flooding over the weekend, with more two dozen people still missing. Hundreds of state and federal rescue workers were searching for 26 people currently unaccounted for, according to the official statement. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday flew over the…
Mudslides, Floods in Brazil Kill at Least 56, Thousands Displaced
RIO DE JANEIRO—Over 100 people are missing or confirmed dead in Brazil, the government said on Sunday, as mudslides and major floods brought about by heavy rains tore through several urban neighborhoods in the northeastern part of the country. It was the fourth major flooding event in five months. As of Sunday afternoon, 56 people…
Why Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Deserves to be Re-elected: Part 2
Commentary During the worst of the pandemic in Brazil, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, this brave political leader who has been the 38th President of Brazil since Jan. 1, 2019, fought really hard against far too many mayors and governors. These politicians used their power to impose total bans on freedom of assembly and freedom of movement,…
Why Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Deserves to be Re-elected
April 28, 2022
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Commentary Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a retired military officer who has been the 38th President of Brazil since January 2019. When he was elected the nation’s president in November 2018, he singlehandedly brought an end to four decades of notoriously corrupt left-wing rule in the country. Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign first gained traction when he promised to…
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