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Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio took to Instagram to deny the claims made by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that he helped fund groups allegedly linked to Amazon fires. read more

Bolsonaro appeared to be commenting on social media postings claiming that the environmental organization the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) had paid for images taken by volunteer firefighters that it then used to solicit donations, including a $500,000 contribution... read more

Pope Francis did not name any politicians or countries as the targets of his criticism. read more

The United States is locked in a protracted trade war with BRICS titan China, while it also has sanctions on Venezuela, whose president Nicolas Maduro is backed by Beijing and Moscow. read more

Modi extended the invitation when he met Bolsonaro on the margins of the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) Summit in Brasilia on Wednesday. “The Brazilian President has accepted the invitation with pleasure,” the external affairs ministry... read more

During his meeting with Brazilian president Bolsonaro, Prime minister Modi invited the him to be the chief guest at the Republic Day 2020. Bolsonaro accepted the invitation with pleasure. read more

PM Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attended the Future Investment Initiative business forum in Saudi Arabia last month and were together at a dinner hosted by the Saudi King for heads of state and government at the meeting. read more

Bolsonaro, a far-right politician, came to power at the beginning of the year and has made it a policy to reduce visa requirements from a number of developed countries. read more

Marcos Troyjo, Brazil’s deputy economy minister for foreign trade, said Brazil had formally started free trade talks with Mexico, which recently ratified a new trade pact with the United States and Canada to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement... read more

Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, whose policies are blamed for a spike in fires, furiously accused the 41-year-old French leader of having a “colonialist mentality” by questioning his country’s sovereignty in the Amazon. read more

The scheme will involve contracting state environmental police on their days off to assist federal government enforcement efforts, Salles said in an interview. He said the ministry aims to have a deal in place with states to allow for such a scheme to... read more

Brazil’s National Space Research Institute says fires have increased about 80% in Brazil this year when compared to the same period last year. A little over half those fires are in the Amazon. read more

The ‘development-at-any-cost’ model doesn’t work. There is a growing urgency to protect this ecological heritage. read more

Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro has been the subject of international opprobrium for fanning the flames of the Amazon’s destruction, with protests against his environmental policies both at home and abroad. read more

A USD 20 million pledge was made at the G7 summit in France to fight the rainforest blazes. read more