Brazil's president this week amped up pressure for a major oil project to go ahead at the mouth of the Amazon River, despite ...

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The president said he no longer believes the rich countries’ promise to financially compensate countries that conserve their ...

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 79, aspires to make Brazil a leader ... from the mouth of the Amazon River. Petrobras estimates the potential reserves in the basin at 10 billion barrels.