Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Scientists at the Federal University of Acre (UFAC), in northern Brazil, put on display the reconstructed fossil of a giant tortoise. They say the 5-foot long tortoise, probably related to a smaller species that … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Two armed men with hoods covering their faces stole 26.5 kilograms of gold bars Wednesday from an aircraft in Manaus, capital of Amazonas. According to police, the robbers tied up the plane’s crew, took … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Police in the Amazon arrested three suspected drug traffickers Friday, who they say pulled teeth from debtors. Authorities in Manaus say the trio, a couple and a 19-year-old man, would knock out the teeth … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO – A tour boat with 45 people aboard, including 39 Brazilian and foreign tourists, capsized Friday afternoon on the Rio Negro, in the Amazon, reported online media. The tour boat had departed from the Ariau Amazon Towers … Continue reading
Brazil Flora & Fauna News RIO DE JANEIRO – Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense, popularly known as the “glass frog,” has drawn attention of researchers in the Amazon, reported online media. Scientists discovered the remarkable species, only 24 millimeters (about 1 inch) long … Continue reading
Brazil Flora & Fauna News PORTO VELHO, Brazil — Biologists have found five specimens of an exceedingly rare amphibian, Atretochoana eiselti, in the Brazilian Amazon, reported national media on Tuesday (31). The specimens, a species with an elongated cylindrical body … Continue reading
Brazil News MANAUS, Brazil – Two A-29 Super Tucano fighters from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) attacked, on Saturday (12), a clandestine runway 218 km from Boa Vista, capital of Roraima state. The Air Force dropped general purpose 230 kg … Continue reading
Brazil News MANAUS, Brazil – A 35-year-old man was found dead inside the house where he lived with five children, on Friday afternoon. The house sits on Barreirinha Street, by the ironworks, in Barrio Union, in South-Central Manaus. Man Shot … Continue reading
Brazil News BRASILIA – The international environmental group Greenpeace used green lasers to implore the Brazilian president to veto the new Brazil Forest Code. The group wrote ‘Greenpeace’ and ‘New Forest Code – Veto Dilma,’ in green laser light on … Continue reading
Brazil News | MANAUS, Brazil – Miner Roque Veigas, 45, who was lost in the Amazon jungle since early March, was found alive on Monday. He and another man were in the jungle researching gold mining areas near the municipality … Continue reading
Brazil News MANAUS, Brazil – Forty new boats to be used for transporting students to and from public school are expected to be delivered on Thursday. The boats, which hold up to 20 people each, will serve students and schools … Continue reading
