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An aerial view shows a deforested area during an operation to combat deforestation at the Cachoeira Seca indigenous reserve, in Uruara, Para State, Brazil January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
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Brazil to unveil plan to increase farmland by 60%

The South American country will move to convert degraded grazing areas into farmland, the government announced a week ahead of the climate summit, set to kick off in Dubai on 30 November

General view of Brazil's Federal Senate during a session in Brasilia, Brazil, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
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Brazil Senate votes to limit decisions by Supreme Court justices

Soccer Football - World Cup - South American Qualifiers - Brazil v Argentina - Estadio Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - November 21, 2023 Argentina's Lionel Messi in action with Brazil's Andre REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
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Argentina hand Brazil third straight loss after crowd trouble at Maracana

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting with trade union representatives at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Brazil's Lula welcomes citizens rescued from Gaza, condemns 'inhumane violence'

An aerial view shows deforestation near a forest on the border between Amazonia and Cerrado in Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso state, Brazil July 28, 2021. Picture taken with a drone on July 28, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls to lowest since 2018

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Twelve dead after plane crashes in Brazil's Acre state

An aerial views shows buses in fire in the middle of roads, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 23, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a video. TV GLOBO/via REUTERS
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Rio gangsters torch at least 35 buses after Brazil crime boss killed

A French flag flutters in the sky over the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, December 10, 2018. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
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France regrets failure of Security Council resolution calling for 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza

A boy walks on a dry area of the Igarape do Taruma stream which flows into the Rio Negro river, as the water level at a major river port in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, in Manaus, Brazil October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
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Amazon River falls to lowest in over a century amid Brazil drought

A view of a junction shows the aftermath of a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in the Sderot area, southern Israel October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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Brazil to call emergency meeting of UN Security Council over attack on Israel

An aerial view shows a deforested area during an operation to combat deforestation at the Cachoeira Seca indigenous reserve, in Uruara, Para State, Brazil January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 57% in September

FILE PHOTO: Smoke from a fire rises into the air as trees burn amongst vegetation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 3, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto/File Photo
Global Economy

Switzerland, US donate $8 million to Brazil's fund to fight Amazon deforestation

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves before attending a meeting at the transition government building in Brasilia, Brazil November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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Brazil's Lula stable after hip surgery, starts walking in physio sessions