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Outrage in Ecuador over the deaths of two girls in the Amazon

Published on: December 4, 2025
10:26

Quito, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) expressed outrage over the deaths of two children in the Amazon amid the ongoing health crisis in the country.

COP30: Global financial roadmap to save Amazon

Published on: November 7, 2025
12:53

Belem, Brazil, Nov 7 (Prensa Latina) An international coalition of more than 200 civil society organizations presented a financial roadmap to protect the Amazon, proposing to raise 125 billion dollars by 2030, in the context of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Bolivian minister heads Permanent National Commission for the Amazon

Published on: August 15, 2025
10:38

La Paz, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian Environment and Water Minister Alvaro Ruiz heads this Friday the Permanent National Commission on the Amazon, which held its first session in Cobija, Pando department.

Petro affirms that Peru occupied Colombian territory in the Amazon

Published on: August 5, 2025
12:48

Bogota, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, rejected the occupation by the Peruvian government of a territory that he claims belongs to his country which, according to him, violates Rio de Janeiro Protocol signed between the two nations. In his account on the social network X, the president disclosed that for that reason the commemoration of the 206th Anniversary of the Battle of Boyaca will be held in the city of Leticia, capital of the southern department of Amazonas.

More tremors in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Published on: February 1, 2025
10:56

Quito, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Two tremors, of 4,9 and 4,3 degrees of magnitude on the Richter scale, were registered in the Ecuadorian province of Napo, in the Amazon, where the day before there was an earthquake and several aftershocks.

Another indigenous defender of the Amazon was murdered in Peru

Published on: October 12, 2024
10:59

Lima, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) The indigenous Amazon people of Matsiguenka denounced the assassination of their leader Gerardo Keimari, who lacked sufficient protection as a defender of the Amazon.

President of Brazil to receive plan against organized crime in Amazon

Published on: June 17, 2024
08:36

Brasilia, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will receive the signature of the contract to allocate 318.5 million reais (about 62 million dollars) from the Amazon Fund for the so-called Amazon Plan: Security and Sovereignty (AMAS).

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon drops to 22.3 percent

Published on: November 9, 2023
16:47

Brasilia, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) Deforestation rate in Brazil´s Amazon scaled down 22.3% from August 2022 to July 2023, the lowest figure in a 12-month term since 2019, according to official data.

Amazon Summit to explore convergences and establish common positions

Published on: August 9, 2023
07:12

Brasilia, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The presidents of the eight countries that make up the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) will meet in Brazil with nations from other regions that have tropical forests to explore convergences and start building positions.

Cuban institution promotes dialogue on Peruvian Amazonian women

Published on: August 4, 2023
08:55

Havana, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) Havana-based Casa de las Americas is promoting dialogue on women's literary production in the Peruvian Amazon region, a favorable meeting to talk with different female authors and launch books published by Yara Ediciones publisher, it was reported on Friday.

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