Brazil’s soya moratorium slowed Amazon deforestation. Now it’s challenged
At COP, Brazil is presenting itself as an Amazon defender. But a key measure to slow deforestation is in grave peril.
![Aerial view of triggered forest fire and deforestation for planting soybeans, on September 2020, in the Amazon Rainforest, Vilhena - Rondonia state. [Courtesy Andre Dib, WWF Brazil]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Incendio-florestal-provocado-e-desmatamento-para-o-plantio-de-soja-Vilhena-Rondonia-Amazonia.-Credito-Andre-Dib-WWF-Brasil-1-1762460357.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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World ‘very likely’ to exceed 1.5C climate goal in next decade: UN
Despite Paris Agreement pledges, countries ‘have landed off target’ on climate goals multiple times, the UN warns.
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Video: Hunting Brazil’s illegal goldminers, deep in Amazon rainforest
Deep into the Amazon rainforest environmental agents are on the hunt for illegal goldminers.
Published On 4 Nov 2025
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The Take: What was behind Brazil’s deadliest police raid?
As Brazil deals with the deadliest police raid in its history, is the war on drugs fuelling more violence than security?
![Suspected drug dealers sit on the ground after they were detained by members of the military police special unit, during a police operation against drug trafficking at a favela in the Penha slum complex, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 28, 2025 [Aline Massuca/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-10-31T190044Z_1963674594_RC23LHAT9V2J_RTRMADP_3_BRAZIL-VIOLENCE-PICTURE-1762213448.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Peru cuts ties with Mexico over asylum for ex-prime minister
Move comes after Betssy Chavez, who is on trial on coup charges, fled to the Mexican Embassy in Peru.
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Protests in Mexico after mayor who declared war on cartels is killed
Mexicans stormed a local government building to call for justice over the murder of a mayor who’d declared war on drug c
Published On 3 Nov 2025
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The mothers searching for their missing children in Mexico
When their children disappeared, authorities failed to act, so grieving families were forced to search instead.
From: People & Power
Cuba: Health Under Sanction
Free, universal, but failing – Cuba’s once world-class healthcare system is being strangled by US sanctions.
Published On 3 Nov 2025
Trump says ‘days numbered’ for Venezuela’s Maduro
The US president sent mixed signals over his plans for Venezuela as his military build-up in the Caribbean continues.
Calls for justice after Mexico mayor killed during Day of the Dead festival
Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organised crime, was shot dead during a public festival in the city of Uruapan.
Colombia’s ELN rebels face US drug threats amid push for peace talks
The US focus on drugs and nearby Venezuela brings an international dimension to what was an internal Colombian conflict.
