Brazil

The mountain region where the mudslides occurred, just north of Rio de Janeiro, has experienced similar catastrophes in recent decades.

A book by AP reporters Peter Prengaman and Mauricio Savarese considers the real reasons Brazil's Congress impeached the nation's first female president in 2016.

In 2021, leftists won presidencies in every Latin American election but one, including Peru and Chile. In 2022, they could take Brazil and Colombia too. Why?

Florida’s largest sugar companies say cane burns are safe and can’t be stopped without economic harm. But Brazil has successfully transitioned away from the controversial practice, and experts there say the U.S. can follow their lead.

Carbon offsets got a big boost from November's U.N. climate summit. New rules could make it easier for companies to pay for carbon-cutting projects in other countries, rather than doing it themselves.

The U.S. leads the world in the number of confirmed deaths from the virus — 745,800 people — followed by Brazil and India, according to Johns Hopkins University's coronavirus tracker.

COMMENTARY The idea of charging Jair Bolsonaro with pandemic homicide speaks to all the demagogues who've helped make the Americas COVID's killing field.

So far, the president's trip to New York City for the United Nations General Assembly appears to be anything but a success for Brazil or the country's image after a series of blunders early this week.

Clearing natural forests in Brazil in order to grow crops like soybeans has actually made it harder to grow those crops. That's because deforestation makes the weather hotter and drier.

COMMENTARY Americans take it for granted they can keep negligence disasters from becoming as frequent as Latin America's. Maybe too much for granted now.

In one of the hardest hit countries in the world, the main strategy is a so-called early treatment combo of unproven medications — endorsed by President Jair Bolsonaro.

The announcement from President Jair Bolsonaro comes amid an investigation into his handling of the pandemic.