Brazil

Elon Musk could avert global species extinction with only a portion of his wealth

A new study has pinpointed the most crucial areas around the world for protecting Earth’s rarest and most endangered species, the vast majority of which are found in tropical and subtropical moist forests. Just five countries — the Philippines, Brazil, Indonesia, Madagascar and Colombia — contain 59% of all identified sites globally. Only 7% of land protected over the past five years overlapped with these critical […]

26 June, 2024

Oshiwambo

Oshiwana moumbuwanhu wa Brazil oshi li natango moupyakadi wo meva efudja

Omilonga do meva oda lo potwa da panuka vali onghela moumbuwanhu wa Brazil no kwee tififa oshikungulu she fudja osho sha dipaya omuvalu wo vanhu ve fike pe 145 , no ku fininika ovanhu omayovi no mafele va tembukemo momaumbo avo. Oshiwana mo shitopolwa sha Rio Grande do Sul, osha ta lika shili mo upyakadi wo muloka wa hovela vali konima yo ivike ili 2 ya pitapo, eshi omilonga da […]

13 May, 2024

Oshiwambo

Omukalelipo shilongo wa Brazil mo Namibia tatu omukumo ova Namibia vakufe ombinga moipindiki.

Omukalelipo shilongo wa Brazil mo Namibia Vivian Loss Sanmartin, okwa twa omukumo ova Namibia va xwaxwameke oipindiki yavo tashi pitile momalweendo omatululilo shikepa okuya ko Brazil. Tapopi pefimbo letalelepo losheendo shova nangeshefa va Brazil osho shali shaningilwa pee mbelewa da ngoloneya moshitopolwa shErongo ko Swakopmund onghela , Sanmartin okwati okwa tala nghene pena omumbwe opo Namibia, adje momutumba oku talelapo oikondo ya yooloka yo mashingifilo noku ulika yoo oilongomwa yaye […]

11 April, 2024

Namibia

Namibia and Brazil mark 30 years of Naval cooperation

Namibia and Brazil have marked the 30th anniversary of their Naval Cooperation Agreement, a milestone in Brazil's significant naval presence in Africa. The event coincides with the 30th anniversary of Walvis Bay and offshore islands' handover to Namibia on 28 February 1994. Ambassador of Brazil to Namibia, Vivian Loss Sanmartin highlighted the occasion.

4 March, 2024

World

Foreign Ministers gather for Rio G20

Foreign ministers from the world's largest economies are gathering in Brazil for the first meeting of the country's g20 presidency. The meeting comes amid a number of global flashpoints including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and the recent death of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny.

22 February, 2024

Videos

Brazil pushes for stronger representation of developing nations as G20 FM meeting opens

Foreign ministers of the G20 gathered Wednesday (Feb. 21) in Rio de Janeiro to discuss poverty, the climate crisis and heightened global tensions. Brazil which took on the annual presidency of the bloc, laid out its priorities. It notably pushed for stronger representation of developing nations in global governance institutions and multilateral banks. “Brazil's presidency of the G20 focuses on three main priorities: The fight against hunger, poverty and inequality; […]

22 February, 2024

Environment

In Brazil’s soy belt, community seed banks offer hope for the Amazon

By Ana Ionova Not too long ago, the plot of land that Maria Ivonete de Souza inherited was barren, the soil hardened by years of cattle ranching. When the family had arrived to the Amazon from southern Brazil four decades earlier, her father had swiftly cleared the dense rainforest to make way for pasture. “He razed it all by hand, with a saw and an ax,” Souza […]

20 February, 2024

Environment

Climate change made 2023 Amazon drought 30 times more likely, scientists say

The river that supplies water to the Kokama Indigenous People of the Porto Praia community was mostly dry in October of 2023. Image © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace. By Carla Ruas via Mongabay Global warming was the main driver of the severe drought that parched the Amazon River Basin in 2023. That is the alarming conclusion of a new report from World Weather Attribution (WWA), a team of international climate scientists […]

29 January, 2024

Sport

Zion Bethonico talks about the brotherly love that fired him up to win Brazil’s first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games medal at Gangwon 2024

Zion Bethonico has been reflecting on becoming Brazil’s first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) medallist and how having his brother there to share it with him made it even sweeter. At the end of the men’s snowboard cross event on Saturday, one Bethonico stood beaming on the podium, while another looked on with tears streaming down his face. Zion had just made history. Elder brother Noah tried to do […]

22 January, 2024