The Latest Breaking News from Manaus

Amazon Fire Probe Targets Political Motive as Manaus Records Its Worst Air Quality Crisis in Recent Memory

Brazil investigates whether the Amazon's record October fire surge was deliberately set, as Manaus chokes and Sunday's presidential runoff closes in.

Latin Times · Oct 22

The Amazon Is Being Deliberately Torched — 540 Fires in 48 Hours and the Damage Runs Far Deeper Than the Flames

540 fire hotspots erupted in Amazonas in 48 hours. A new study reveals the damage to the Amazon's carbon cycle runs far deeper than anyone counted.

Latin Times · Oct 14

Wildfires in Brazil’s Amazonas state worsen air quality in Manaus

Smoke from fires in Brazil's Amazonas state is disrupting life in Manaus, the Amazon's largest city

The Independent UK · Oct 9

Santa braves the sticky heat of the Amazon jungle to bring gifts to children in remote village

Santa Claus has braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to the children of a small village near the Brazilian city of Manaus

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2024

Dramatic images show drought's toll on Amazon and its rivers

Drought is devastating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and some rivers are falling to historic lows. Images of one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries, the Negro River, show just how dramatically water is dwindling.

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

Citing climate change, a federal court in Brazil halts rainforest highway paving

In an unusual action, a Brazilian federal court has halted a project to pave a dirt highway that connects the major city of Manaus to populous regions, citing the likelihood it will contribute to climate change

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024

‘Children were dying. We didn’t even have aspirin’: the Indigenous Venezuelans forced far from home

Economic crisis has driven Warao communities from their traditional life in lush forest to a Brazilian slum

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2024

The best towns and cities for a holiday in Brazil 2026, from Rio to Recife

Discover Brazil through its diverse selection of towns and cities on your next trip

The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2024

Amazon region hit by trio of droughts in grim snapshot of the century to come

The Amazon is facing an unprecedented drought that is projected to continue affecting the region at least until mid-2024. The lowest water levels in 121 years of river-level records have been recorded in the city of Manaus. Vast areas of the Amazon River’s bed have been exposed, and more than…

The Conversation · Nov 22, 2023

‘For us, the Amazon isn’t a cause, it’s our home’: the riverside communities stranded by the climate crisis

The historic drought in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has reduced the Rio Negro to a trickle and put at risk the livelihoods of remote Indigenous and riverside communities

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023