Ione Wells South America correspondent, Quito Reuters Most of the world’s cocaine is trafficked through Ecuador’s ports Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has told the BBC he wants US, European and Brazilian armies to join his “war” against criminal gangs. He […]
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Watch: Drone shots show scale of Amazon deforestation for COP30 road A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.
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Getty Images The dam collapse in 2015 destroyed many villages and engulfed homes The mining giants BHP and Vale have signed a deal with the Brazilian government to pay nearly $30bn (£23bn) in compensation for the Mariana dam collapse in
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BBC Gelvana’s son Thiago was killed aged just seven in the Mariana dam collapse “The last words I heard him say were, ‘Did you know that you are the best mum in the world?’” Gelvana Rodrigues’s son, Thiago, was seven
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BBC Raimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa says her indigenous community is at risk from inhaling so much smoke “If these fires continue, we indigenous people will die.” Raimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa runs the voluntary fire service for the Caititu indigenous community
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