Largest-Ever Raid Against Illegal Logging and Poaching in the Amazon
The Amazon region has seen its largest-ever raid targeting illegal logging and poaching, highlighting environmental crimes as one of the most profitable forms of crime in the area.
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The Amazon region has seen its largest-ever raid targeting illegal logging and poaching, highlighting environmental crimes as one of the most profitable forms of crime in the area.
A new gold rush is posing a significant threat to indigenous havens in Brazil's Amazon region. Indigenous leaders are advocating for the expulsion of miners to protect their ancestral lands.

Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras has announced the commencement of new oil and gas drilling operations in the Amazon region, marking the first such activity in a decade. The initiative proceeds with the explicit authorization of President Lula.
A military plane carrying 125 people crashed deep in Colombia's southern Amazon region, with at least 48 rescued and one fatality reported.

Ecuadorian and U.S. military forces conducted a joint operation, bombing and destroying a training camp belonging to a FARC dissident faction, Comandos de la Frontera, in the Amazon border region of Sucumbíos.

Police in five Amazon region countries have arrested hundreds of people and confiscated timber, minerals, and thousands of livestock in one of the largest coordinated operations against environmental crimes.
A resurgence of gold mining activities in Brazil's Amazon region poses a serious danger to the territories and communities of indigenous peoples.

The Brazilian government has pledged 3.1 billion reais ($617.5 million) for ecological investment in the Amazon region, expanding its federal Eco Invest program.

A Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130 transport plane belonging to the Colombian military crashed shortly after takeoff in the south of the country, reportedly carrying 110 soldiers, with authorities investigating the cause near the Ecuador border.

Andrej recounts his extraordinary experience of visiting three countries—Colombia, Brazil, and Peru—in just three hours in the Amazon region, all without needing a passport.

A Finnish researcher has discovered remnants of a lost civilization in the Amazon, potentially housing up to 3 million inhabitants, a finding that could change the understanding of the entire Amazon region.

Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras has commenced new oil and gas drilling operations in the Amazon region, marking the first such activity in a decade, with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva explicitly backing the initiative.
Brazil's prominent Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire has expressed support for President Lula da Silva, even as he continues to protest against a proposed railway project in the Amazon region.

A Colombian air force plane carrying 125 people crashed shortly after takeoff in the southern Amazon region, with 71 individuals rescued from the wreckage.