At the mouth of the Amazon River, Brazil’s most promising oil frontier is at the centre of a dispute between environmentalists and South America’s largest company. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula ...

At threat is one of the largest waterways in the region, the Paraná water system that millions of people in Brazil ... deforestation further north in the Amazon jungle. Reporter: BBC South ...

It is a popular sight on boat tours and river expeditions. The Amazon's largest city is Manaus, Brazil, a "breakneck jungle metropolis" with "far-flung foods, frenetic markets and river-driven way ...

Peixoto de Azevedo (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazilian environmental ... to stop plans for an oil mega-project at the mouth of the Amazon river. Ahead of Brazil hosting the UN's COP30 climate talks ...

It is perhaps a slightly more niche destination; a stop for river cruises heading into the Amazon rainforest, or for backpackers travelling around every corner of Brazil. Known as the ‘gateway ...

The moon causes a tidal bore that reverses the flow of the river and slows the earth’s spin each day These Brazilians are about to surf in a very unlikely place: the Amazon River. During full ...