President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 79, aspires to make Brazil a leader in the fight against global warming. Brazil’s president this week amped up pressure for a major oil project to go ahead ...

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 79, aspires to make Brazil a leader in the fight against global warming, but has fiercely defended oil exploration as key to the growth of Latin America's biggest ...

Sao Paulo (AFP) – Brazil's president this week amped up pressure for a major oil project to go ahead at the mouth of the Amazon River, despite criticism from environmentalists as the country ...

Not long ago, social worker Adriana Mansueto, 59, visited a friend. After saying goodbye, she got a call from her friend asking where she was. "I’m downstairs," she replied. "Downstairs where?

Brazil's president this week amped up pressure for a major oil project to go ahead at the mouth of the Amazon River, despite criticism from environmentalists as the country prepares to host UN climate ...

He was speaking as Brazil's environmental protection agency IBAMA, an autonomous public body, is mulling whether to grant state-owned oil giant Petrobras an exploration license in an offshore area ...