The Latest Breaking News from Amazon

Peru hails progress in Amazon war on drugs – so why is business booming?

In Vizcatán, the last redoubt of militarily active Maoist rebels Shining Path, the army is cracking down on cocaine traffickers

The Guardian - US · Jul 6, 2022

Venezuelan police investigate indigenous leader's murder

Venezuelan criminal investigators have launched inquiries into the murder of an indigenous leader, who was killed on June 30 in the country's southern Amazonas state, the police said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Jul 5, 2022

Bolsonaro’s ‘surrender of Amazon to crooks played role in murders of Phillips and Pereira’

Brazilian president’s dismantling of environmental safeguards partly to blame, says politician leading inquiry

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022

British journalist Dom Phillips killed in the Amazon laid to rest in Brazil

‘Today, Dom will be cremated in the country he loved, his chosen home,’ his wife said

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2022

Family bids farewell to British journalist murdered in the Amazon

The family of Dom Phillips on Sunday bid farewell to the British journalist, who was killed earlier this month along with Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon.

Reuters · Jun 26, 2022

‘Dom Phillips was natural storyteller – for us, he was always Uncle Dom’

Nieces of journalist killed in the Amazon pay tribute to their uncle, who sent frequent and funny emails about life in Brazil

The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2022

New Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest

Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first elected leftist president, will take office in August with ambitious proposals to halt the record-high deforestation rates in the Amazon

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022

Brazilian indigenous defender Pereira buried with traditional send-off

Bruno Pereira, the Brazilian indigenous defender killed this month while investigating threats to isolated tribes in the Amazon, was laid to rest Friday in his home state of Pernambuco in the country's northeast.

Reuters · Jun 24, 2022

Banks and UK supermarkets accused of backing deforestation in Brazil

By funding and stocking products from Brazilian meat giant JBS, firms have also supported land-grabbing, investigation claims

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2022

Bruno Pereira buried in his home state after ceremony led by Indigenous tribes

Funeral held in Pernambuco of Indigenous expert who was killed in Amazon region with journalist Dom Phillips

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2022