Tag: Amazon

Brazilian Amazon Travel Agency Signs Agreement to Fight Child Sex Tourism

If you Google "child sex tourism," you'll read about those who travel abroad to ...

Brazil’s Amazon Handicraft Industry Eyes the US and the Foreign Market

Brazilian entrepreneur Murillo Foresti, a representative of Coexcafe, a company from Canada that imports ...

Brazil’s Ancient Amazon Civilization More Developed than Thought

Scientists have discovered with the help of satellite imagery the remains of ancient once ...

Calling US Hypocrite Is Not the Best Way for Brazil to Save the Amazon

On July 21, 2008, a researcher from the  Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) met ...

Brazil’s Supreme Has Last Word on War of Amazon Indians vs Landowners

On August 27th, the Brazilian Supreme Court will decide a case that could have ...

Brazil’s Plans for the Amazon Are Not as Green as Lula Paints Them

Criticism of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s handling of deforestation in the ...

Green Groups Take Brazil to Court for Approving Amazon Dam

The Environment minister from Brazil, Carlos Minc, announced he had granted a license for ...

Brazil Wants the World to Chip In to a US$ 23 Billion Amazon Protection Fund

The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has called on developed countries ...

Brazilian Senate Starts Enquiry on Foreign Ownership of Amazon

The Brazilian Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Senate Commission seems more dedicated than ever to ...

Gordon Brown’s Friend Puts Tag Price on Brazilian Amazon: US$ 50 Billion

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, reacted against international criticism of his administration's ...