CARACAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The flight of former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has largely ...

Brazil’s Federal Police have conducted raids targeting a criminal group it alleges has laundered at least 3.1 metric tons of gold illegally mined in the Amazon rainforest to conceal its origins ...

A series of record-breaking wildfires are currently burning in several regions in Brazil, threatening residents and some of ...

Brazilian Federal Police (PF) Friday launched the third phase of Operation Lesa Pátria (lèse patria) by serving arrest and search-and-seizure warrants across five states and the Federal District ...

Deforestation progress in the Amazon offset by losses in the Cerrado; Blue collar immigration’s fiscal and economic benefits.

Brazil’s historic anti-corruption probe has not fostered a reformist elite set on strengthening the rule of law.

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Innovative nanomaterials have the potential to revolutionise forensic science, particularly in the detection of latent ...

A Nigerian national was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport after police found cocaine stashed in airline headphones.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday named a woman lawmaker, Macae Evaristo, as human rights minister after firing her predecessor over claims he had sexually harassed several ...

The activities of wildcat miners in the Pan Amazon has become an increasing issue of concern over the past five years; in ...

Roberto Liebgott, an advisor for Cimi and one of the authors of the report, explained that violence against Indigenous ...