An Amazon river dries up, creating hellish crossing for villagers Only the youngest and strongest villagers now brave the crossing of a vast, blistering stretch of sand where, in normal times, the ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pledging to finish paving a roadway in the heart of the Amazon that experts ...

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced new measures on Tuesday to alleviate drought in the Brazilian Amazon, as his government faces mounting pressure to combat a "pandemic" of fires.

The Madeira is at its lowest recorded level, disrupting cargo navigation, with most of its riverbed now endless sand dunes ...

Humaitá (Brazil) (AFP) – Only the youngest and strongest villagers now brave the crossing of a vast, blistering stretch of sand where, in normal times, the waters of the mighty Madeira River ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — In a visit to ... rainforest that connects the states of Amazonas and Roraima to the rest of the country. It ends in Manaus, the Amazon’s largest city with over 2 million ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP ... the rainforest that connects the states of Amazonas and Roraima to the rest of the country. It ends in Manaus, the Amazon’s largest city with over 2 million people ...

Extreme drought affecting large parts of South America has dramatically reduced the flow of the Amazon River where Colombia ...