Francisco Mateus da Silva, 67, spent an hour walking across sandbanks and dry riverbeds where he lives in the Amazon to fetch ...

Brazil has the ... Amazonas State Governor Wilson Lima said that the justice ministry would send a "prison intervention team" to Manaus. In the past, rival gangs have been separated within prisons ...

Manaus is located in northwestern Brazil, next to the river and is the capital of the state of Amazonas. Despite it being in the middle of a rainforest surrounded by trees and greenery, Manaus is a ...

Brazil's geological service says that one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level in 122 years ...

The drought is draining waterways and snarling the transport of grain exports and supplies that are the region's lifeline.

By Karla Mendes A record-high number of Indigenous people were elected in Brazil’s recent municipal elections, a key move to ...

The Amazon region of northern Brazil continues to suffer under the worst drought in 120 years, resulting in the lowest water ...

The head of state made those remarks during a radio interview in Manaus. He also said he hoped ... to ensure that we treat those coming to Brazil out of necessity with the utmost respect ...

Brazil's Security and Justice Minister ... promises to set up an integrated center for federal and state government security forces in Manaus this year. There is also a plan to create an ...

Rescue workers in Brazil on Tuesday were searching for two people, including a six-year-old girl, after a landslide in its ...

The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world’s rivers, as the ...

Below-average rainfall — even through the rainy season — has plagued the Amazon and much of South America since last year, ...