By Shanna Hanbury Brazil’s Senate approved an environmental licensing bill that could expedite major infrastructure projects, ...

The desperate words of Thalita Rocha went viral on Jan. 14. “We are in a deplorable situation,” she said in a video posted to Instagram. “Whoever has oxygen availability, bring it here to the ...

Across the Brazilian state of Amazonas, more than 400-thousand people have been affected by flooding. Heavy rains in the Amazon rainforest have caused rivers to rise to near record levels. The streets ...

Brazil's Amazonas state is grappling with rapidly diminishing water levels, beaching dozens of boats and homes. It is anticipated that by the time 2023 takes its final bow, 500,000 people will be ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Amazonian city of Manaus in Brazil began administering vaccines against the coronavirus, providing a ray of hope for the rainforest’s biggest city whose health system is ...

The tense quiet outside the small hospital in Iranduba, Brazil, shattered when the ambulance rolled up. Inside, medics give a woman CPR in an ultimately futile attempt to save her life. A hospital ...

Marriott International and the Fametro Group have signed an agreement to convert an iconic property in Manaus in Brazil's Amazonas to a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, a collection brand within the Marriott ...

MANAUS, Brazil -- Rivers around the biggest city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest have swelled to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping, according to data published Tuesday by Manaus' port ...

"I just wish a helicopter would come and fly me away from here," says Manuel Viana, a Brazilian funeral director in the front line of the spiraling coronavirus crisis. "We are living through a ...

MANAUS, May 17 (Reuters) - Heavy rains in the Amazon rainforest have caused rivers to rise to near record levels, flooding small Brazilian towns and threatening the state capital Manaus with another ...

A man carries a bag as he walks over wooden walkways installed by the city hall over a street flooded by waters from the Negro river in downtown of Manaus, in Amazonas State, Brazil, May 17, 2021.