Manaus

A health worker inoculates a woman at a COVID-19 vaccination point for priority elderly persons in the Ceilandia neighborhood, on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, March 22, 2021.

Brazil saw its first COVID-19 death a year ago. Today the death toll nears 300,000.

COVID-19

With the new, highly contagious Amazon variant spreading around the country and a slow vaccine rollout, there seems to be little light at the end of the tunnel.

Demonstrators wearing masks with text written in Portuguese that read "Bolsonaro out," and a sign with the phrase "Oxygen, Breathe Brazil," protest against the government's response in combating COVID-19 and demanding the impeachment of Brazil's President

Calls for Bolsonaro’s impeachment intensify  

Brazil under Bolsonaro
Alexei Navalny and his wife Yuliastand are shown wearing face masks and standing next to each other with a mobile phone also showing them in the near ground.

Poisoned opposition leader Navalny arrested in Moscow; Migrants stopped in Guatemala; Bobi Wine’s opposition party rejects Museveni win

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USA national soccer team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann (C) speaks to his players ahead of their training session in Manaus.

Will the US make a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ with Germany?

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USA national soccer team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann (C) speaks to his players ahead of their training session in Manaus.

Will the US make a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ with Germany?

Sports

When England’s soccer team arrives in Manaus, they’ll find a city that is both foreign and familiar

Sports

Manaus, Brazil, will host several opening round games in the upcoming World Cup. The city is in the middle of the Amazon, and the local river is rising. But soccer fans who venture to town will still find all the familiar aspects of city life.Manaus, Brazil, will host several opening round games in the upcoming World Cup. The city is in the middle of the Amazon, and the local river is rising. But soccer fans who venture to town will still find all the familiar aspects of city life.

Research into genetic modification of trees may enable more deforestation

Environment

Scientists are studying how to genetically modify desirable trees in order to make them more commercially beneficial. They say it will allow us to grow more productive trees on less land, protecting natural forests — but environmentalists say it will just increase deforestation by giving businesses something better to do with the land.

On eve of Rio environmental conference, Brazil pushes back forestry changes

Environment

Brazil’s environmentalists have been pushing the nation’s president to roll back the sweeping environmental changed the country’s Congress passed. They got some of what they want, but another environmentalists is pushing for a radical change in how we think about climate change treaties.

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Urban Jungle Monkey

Manaus, Brazil is a city of 2 million people completely surrounded by the Amazon rainforest. Pockets of forest lie within the city and are home to a rare monkey found nowhere else in the world.

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Global Hit – Imbauba Group

Environment

The World’s Alex Gallafent travels to Manaus, Brazil to meet the Imbauba Group, a musical band that takes its cue from the Amazon rain forest.