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FILE - Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, speaks at a rally outside an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island in New York, April 24, 2022. The Amazon Labor Union, a grassroots labor group that won a major victory at an Amazon warehouse two years ago, has agreed to affiliate with the Teamsters union, announced Tuesday, June 4, 2024, a move that’s bound to inject new energy into the struggling organization. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Amazon Labor Union moves to affiliate with the Teamsters union amid struggles

The Amazon Labor Union, a grassroots labor group that won a major victory at an Amazon warehouse two years ago, has agreed to affiliate with the Teamsters union.
 
Children are reflected in a mirror of vendor Manolo Apagueno as he walks past in the Belen neighborhood of Iquitos, Peru, Saturday May 25, 2024. The Indigenous community in the heart of Peru's Amazon known as the "Venice of the Jungle" is hosting the Muyuna Floating Film Festival, celebrating tropical forests. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Poor neighborhood in Peru’s Amazon region hosts film festival celebrating tropical forests

 
Davi Kopenawa, a Yanomami shaman, listens to reporters' questions during a press conference after his meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Kopenawa, a Yanomami shaman, said he came to the Vatican at Francis’ invitation to brief him on the plight of the Yanomami and the Amazon, where deforestation surged to a 15-year high during the previous administration of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Brazil’s Yanomami leader asks the Pope to support President Lula in reversing damage to the Amazon

 
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron arrive on Combu Island, near Belem, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres).

France’s Macron embraces Brazil’s Lula — and the memes poking fun at their ‘wedding’

 
French President Emmanuel Macron, second left, flies a drone, accompanied by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right center, first lady Rosangela da Silva, and Gov. Helder Barbalho, left, on Combu Island, near Belem, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Macron is on a three-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon

 

Brazilian authorities bury deceased migrants who drifted in African boat to the Amazon

The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem.
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Bolivia declares emergency after floods kill dozens

Brazil lawsuits link JBS to destruction of Amazon conservation unit

Pod of freshwater dolphins rescued in Bolivian Amazon

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Incyte, Squarespace rise; Chimera Investment, Amazon fall, Monday, 5/13/2024

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Monday: Incyte, Squarespace rise; Chimera Investment, Amazon fall.
 

Indigenous group detains 12 alleged gold miners in Amazon and hands them over to Brazilian police

An Indigenous group in Brazil says its members detained 12 people for allegedly mining illegally in the Amazon and handed them over to police.
 
FILE - An EKEN doorbell camera, along with other models, are shown on display at CES International, Jan. 10, 2019, in Las Vegas. Some doorbell cameras sold by Amazon and other online retailers have security flaws that could allow bad actors to view footage from the devices or control them completely, according to an investigation published Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, by Consumer Reports. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Some doorbell cameras sold on Amazon and other online sites have major security flaws, report says

Consumer Reports says some doorbell cameras sold by Amazon and other online retailers have security flaws that could allow bad actors to view footage from the devices or control them completely.
 

Major Amazon merchant aggregator Thrasio files for bankruptcy as it looks to cut debt

A major third-party seller on Amazon has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Thrasio is asking the court to oversee a restructuring agreement with lenders, which will allow it to cut about $495 million in debt and defer its interest payments for a year after it exists bankruptcy.
 
FILE - A resident of a riverside community carries food and containers of drinking water after being distributed due to the ongoing drought in Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Oct. 24, 2023. Human-induced global warming was the primary driver of last year's severe drought in the Amazon that sent rivers to record lows, researchers said Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. (AP Photo /Edmar Barros, File)

Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds

Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of the severe drought in the Amazon last year that sent rivers to record lows, isolated hundreds of river communities and killed dozens of endangered dolphins.
 
FILE - The sun sets behind the smoke of large-scale fires in the native Cerrado forest at the National Park in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 5, 2022. Deforestation has surged in this tropical savanna region, by nearly 45% compared to 2022 levels, according to data released on Jan. 12, 2024 by the government's monitoring agency. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Deforestation in Brazil’s savanna region surges to highest level since 2019

Deforestation has surged in Brazil’s Cerrado region, a vast tropical savanna, up nearly 45% compared to 2022 levels.
 
This LIDAR image provided by researchers in January 2024 shows complexes of rectangular platforms arranged around low squares and distributed along wide dug streets at the Kunguints site, Upano Valley in Ecuador. Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago, according to a paper published Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in the journal Science. (Antoine Dorison, Stéphen Rostain via AP)

A cluster of lost cities in Ecuadorian Amazon that lasted 1,000 years has been mapped

Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers about 2,000 years ago.
 
Soldiers stop a pedestrian to search for weapons as the man's dog jumps around, during military patrols in residential areas of northern Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. President Daniel Noboa decreed Monday a national state of emergency due to a wave in crime, a measure that lets authorities suspend people's rights and mobilize the military. The government also imposed a curfew. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Violence rattles Ecuador as a nightclub arson kills 2 and a bomb scare sparks an evacuation

A bomb threat has sent an anti-explosives unit into a bustling area of Ecuador’s tense capital as the South American nation staggers under a spike of violence blamed on drug gangs.
 
Cowboy Alexandre Rodrigues speaks after finishing work weighing and marking calves, in a corral at the Fazenda Itaituba, a farm in the municipality of Bujari, near the city of Rio Branco, Acre state, Brazil, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

The Brazilian Amazon’s vast array of people and cultures

Renowned for its stunning biodiversity, the Amazon rainforest region is also home to a vast array of people and cultures.
 
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 file photo, cattle graze in a deforested area near Novo Progresso in the northern state of Para, Brazil. China is now the world’s biggest importer of beef, and Brazil is China’s biggest supplier, according to United Nations Comtrade data released in 2023. More beef moves from Brazil to China than between any other two countries. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on an American beef trader’s links to Amazon deforestation

Data analysis by The Associated Press and the Rainforest Investigations Network, a nonprofit reporting consortium, found that a little-known American meat trading company in Utah is feeding China’s growing appetite for Brazilian beef, a commodity that’s driving the deforestation of the Amazon.
 
FILE - Restaurant workers move a sign advertising the grand opening of a beef hotpot restaurant along a street in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. As incomes in China have risen in the last decade, beef, once a luxury, is now popular on middle-class menus. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

How an American meat broker is fueling Amazon deforestation

According to data analysis by The Associated Press and the Rainforest Investigations Network, a nonprofit reporting consortium, an American company is among the key beef suppliers and distributors contributing to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
 
Archaeologist Jaime Oliveira sits next to rock paintings at the Ponta das Lajes archaeological site, in the rural area of Manaus, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. The archaeological site was exposed following a drought in the Negro River, unveiling rock paintings that, according to archaeologists, date back between 1,000 and 2,000 years. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Severe drought in the Amazon reveals millennia-old carvings

Severe drought in the Brazilian Amazon has caused the Negro River to reach historic lows, revealing millennia-old carvings previously hidden under water.
 
FILE - Riverside communities receive water and food supplies due to the ongoing drought in Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. On Tuesday, the municipality distributed emergency kits using an improvised barge originally designed to transport cattle. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

In the Amazon, communities next to the world’s most voluminous river are queuing for water

As the Amazon drought rages on, public authorities in Brazil are scrambling to deliver food and water to thousands of isolated communities throughout a vast and roadless territory, where boats are the only means of transportation.
 
Boats and houseboats are stuck in a dry area of the Negro River during a drought in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The Amazon’s second largest tributary on Monday reached its lowest level since official measurements began near Manaus more than 120 years ago. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

In Brazil’s Amazon, rivers fall to record low levels during drought

The Negro River, the Amazon’s second largest tributary, has reached its lowest level since official measurements began near Manaus 121 years ago.
 

Business Highlights: The long-awaited Amazon antitrust lawsuit, Taylor Swift’s blockbuster tour

Business Highlights: A summary of the day’s top stories in the business world.
 
Luzineide Marques da Silva, a rubber tapper, talks near a damaged rubber tree in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, in Xapuri, Acre state, Brazil, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. Recently some of her forest plot were destroyed by a fire started by a land-grabber encroaching on her territory. (AP Photo/Gleilson Miranda)

Brazil slows Amazon deforestation, but in Chico Mendes’ homeland, it risks being too late

Luzineide Marques da Silva knows the location of each of the 748 rubber trees in the Brazilian Amazon that she and her family have rights to tap for latex.
 
Brazil's Neymar celebrates scoring his side's 5th goal against Bolivia during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026 at Mangueirao stadium in Belem, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Neymar scores 78th, 79th goals to surpass Pelé and break Brazil’s all-time goal-scoring record

Neymar has scored his record 78th and 79th goals for Brazil in a 5-1 World Cup qualifying win over Bolivia.
 
Brazilian national team's historical top scorer and the star of Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar Jr. attends the official unveiling as a new member of Saudi Al Hilal club at King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Al Hilal club reached an agreement on the transfer of the Brazil forward for a reported 90 million euros ($98 million), a record for a league that is now financially backed by the oil-rich state. (AP Photo)

Neymar says not 100% fit for Brazil, compares Saudi league to French

Brazil striker Neymar says he is not fully fit to play in the two opening rounds of World Cup qualifying due to the right ankle injury that has sidelined him since February.
 
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, holds a plaque demarcating Indigenous Lands, next to the President of the National Indigenous Foundation Joenia Wapichana, left, and the Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara, during during ceremony to commemorate Amazon Day, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

In the battle against Amazon deforestation, Brazil offers cash rewards to municipalities

In a bid to slow down deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil will provide financial support to municipalities that have reduced deforestation rates the most.
 
FILE - A shopper looks at Acai fruits on sale at the Ver o Peso market in Belem, Brazil, Aug. 7, 2023. Among leaders and advocates of the Amazon rainforest region, there's hope for bioeconomy, a term that refers to people making a living from the forest without cutting it down. Examples include Acai fruits, Pirarucu fish and rubber tapping. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Support grows for sustainable development, a ‘bioeconomy,’ in the Amazon

The Brazilian Amazon has long been home to small and mid-sized sustainable businesses that use forest nuts, fruits and other products, and it’s an incubator for new ones.
 
FILE - A voter carries the ballot for a referendum on whether the country should ban oil operations in the Amazons during in a snap election in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. In a historic decision, Ecuadorians voted on Sunday against the oil drilling of Yasuni National Park, which is a protected area in the Amazon that's home to two uncontacted tribes and serves as a biodiversity hotspot. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega, File)

Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in a protected area

Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company to end its operations in a region that’s home to two isolated tribes and is a hotspot of biodiversity.
 
Maira Tembe stands inside Teatro da Paz before the start of a ceremony to present Brazil's national Indigenous census in Belem, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Belem will host the Amazon Summit, a meeting by the nations that are part of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and French Guiana. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Amazon Summit ends with a plan to protect the world’s rainforests, but no measurable goals

Brazil’s Amazon Summit has come to a close with a roadmap to protect tropical rainforests that has been welcomed as an important step in countering climate change.
 
FILE - Forest lines the Combu creek, on Combu Island on the banks of the Guama River, near the city of Belem, Para state, Brazil, Aug. 6, 2023. The two-day Amazon Summit opens Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Belem, where Brazil hosts policymakers and others to discuss how to tackle the immense challenges of protecting the Amazon and stemming the worst of climate change. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Amazon nations seek common voice on climate change, urge developed world to help protect rainforest

Leaders from South American nations that are home to the Amazon are challenging developed countries to do more to stop massive destruction of the world’s largest rainforest.
 
An Indigenous Wari' boy swims in the Komi Memem River, named Laje in non-Indigenous maps, in Guajara-Mirim, Rondonia state, Brazil, Thursday, July 13, 2023. The Amazon city of Guajara-Mirim recently approved a law that designates the river "as a living entity and subject to rights." (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Indigenous leader inspires an Amazon city to grant personhood to an endangered river

In late June, the Amazon city of Guajara-Mirim approved a law that designates the Komi Memem River “as a living entity and subject to rights.”
 
FILE - Cows roam an area recently deforested in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, Acre state, Brazil, Dec. 6, 2022. The two-day Amazon Summit opens Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Belem, where Brazil hosts policymakers and others to discuss how to tackle the immense challenges of protecting the Amazon and stemming the worst of climate change. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Governments are gathering to talk about the Amazon rainforest. Why is it so important to protect?

Representatives of eight South American governments are gathering in Brazil this week to talk about the Amazon rainforest.
 
Chief Raoni Metuktire gives an interview in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Raoni, who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon rainforest, called upon Brazil's president on Friday, July 28, 2023 to defend the rights of Indigenous people. (AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno)

Brazil’s Indigenous chief fighting to save Amazon urges President Lula to defend people’s rights

An Indigenous leader who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon has called upon Brazil’s president to defend the rights of Indigenous people, including removing “invaders” from their territories and ending ongoing negotiations on carbon credits.
 
FILE - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, poses for a picture with Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 1, 2023. Lula met with Petro on Saturday, July 8, 2023, to build momentum for an upcoming summit on the Amazon rainforest and enhance efforts for its protection.(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

The presidents of Brazil and Colombia meet to boost cooperation ahead of Amazon summit

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has met with his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro to build momentum for upcoming regional summit on the Amazon rainforest and enhance efforts for its protection.
 
FILE - Kids play in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, March 1, 2023. Scores of Indigenous families have left their territory in the Javari Valley, for the impoverished city of Atalaia do Norte, some in pursuit of a better education and drawn by a federal benefit that can ensnare them in the city. (AP Photo/Fabiano Maisonnave, File)

Amazon Indigenous are leaving rainforest for cities, and finding urban poverty

Thousands of Amazon Indigenous are leaving their rainforest villages in a migration to urban areas that is reshaping their lives, their villages and their new cities.
 
FILE - Cows roam an area recently deforested in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, Acre state, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva unveiled a plan on Monday, June 5, 2023, to end illegal deforestation in the Amazon, a major campaign pledge that is a critical step in addressing the country’s significant carbon emissions from the region. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil’s Lula lays out plan to halt Amazon deforestation, make country “global reference” on climate

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has unveiled a plan to end illegal deforestation in the Amazon, a critical step in addressing the country’s significant carbon emissions from the region.
 
Maria de Fatima da Costa, mother of Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, who confessed to the killings of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, stands in the doorway of Amarildo's home in the Sao Gabriel community, Amazonas state, Brazil, March 1, 2023. Da Costa is also the mother of Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, also arrested and accused of the killings of Pereira, an expert on Indigenous communities and Phillips, a British journalist. (AP Photo/Fabiano Maisonnave)

In the Amazon region where pair was killed, neglect and allegations of harsh justice

One year after the killings of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, some people in the remote Javari Valley region of the Brazilian Amazon have seen their lives change, but not for the better.
 
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