Brazil seeks $US1 billion in foreign aid to curb Amazon deforestation by 30 to 40 per cent – environmental minister
Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters Brazil’s environment minister wants $US1 billion in foreign aid from countries including the United States to help reduce deforestation in the Amazon between 30 and 40 per cent, according to an interview published on Saturday in newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo. “The plan is $US1 billion over 12 months,” the minister, […]
Postcards: Vaccine reaches descendants of runaway slaves as COVID-19 ravages Brazil
PILAR OLIVARES, of Reuters, reports from the quilombo of Mage near Rio de Janeiro…
Texas faith leaders condemn new election bills as Jim Crow dressed up in a “tuxedo”
RNS Faith leaders in Texas condemned a pair of controversial election bills Wednesday working their way through the state Legislature, accusing lawmakers of trying to “dress up Jim and Jane Crow in a tuxedo”. An array of clergy and other religious leaders assembled outside the Capitol in Austin to express opposition to the bills, known […]