Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday that oil drilling in northern and northeastern coastal regions ...

A river port in the Amazon has emerged as a new battleground in the Latin American drug trade as Brazilian gangs cross into neighboring Bolivia to battle for control of cocaine supply routes.The ...

Brazil President Lula said oil drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River could be a passport to the country's future after ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has hailed the discovery of oil near the mouth of the Amazon river. Speaking ...

The Morpho well lies within the Amazon River mouth sedimentary basin at a water depth of 2,886m.

Delay to rainy season in forest already damaged by human-driven heating could trigger powerful ‘Godzilla’ El Niño ...

Over the past 40 years, the same Amazon trees growing in Peru have started growing thinner, flimsier leaves. Scientists worry they’re being pushed to the brink.

Along the river the Xavante people of Brazil call Owawê are many of the Indigenous tribe’s sacred sites, ancient villages and ...

A new frog species has been formally described from the seasonally flooded forests of western Amazonia, adding another piece ...

When the results were projected across the civilization’s entire range, the researchers produced a cautious estimate of more ...

A potentially record-strength El Nino could disrupt crops, fishing, energy and trade across Latin America.

By Maximilian Heath and Oliver Griffin BUENOS AIRES/SAO PAULO, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Latin America is bracing for what experts say could be the strongest El Niño on record, raising questions about how ...