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| MANAUS, Brazil – Two A-29 Super Tucano fighters from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) attacked, on Saturday (12), a clandestine runway 218 km from Boa Vista, capital of Roraima state. The Air Force dropped general purpose 230 kg aerial bombs on the site, located deep in the Amazon near the Venezuelan border, cratering the airstrip with holes 10 meters across and three meters deep, according to online media reports.
Two A-29 Super Tucano Fighters over Amazon (Photo: FAB/Folha)
| MANAUS, Brazil - On Friday afternoon, a 35-year-old man was found dead inside the house where he lived with five children. The house sits on Barreirinha Street, by the ironworks, in Barrio Union, in South-Central Manaus.
Man Shot 12 Times (Photo: G1/Tiago Melo)
| BRASILIA – The international environmental group Greenpeace used green lasers to implore the Brazilian president to veto the new Brazil Forest Code. The group wrote 'Greenpeace' and 'New Forest Code – Veto Dilma,' in green laser light on the towers of the congress building, reported online media.
Greenpeace Message to Brazil's President (Photo: terra.com.br)
| MANAUS, Brazil – Miner Roque Veigas, 45, who was lost in the Amazon jungle since early March, was found alive on Monday. He and another man were in the jungle researching gold mining areas near the municipality of Apuí (453 km from Manaus), on the border with Para state. He was missing for 37 days.
Roque Veigas (Photo: Ivanir Valentim/TV Amazonas)
| BRASILIA – A survey released on Thursday says that half of Brazilians believe the country will be the target of foreign aggression in the next 20 years. The study, done by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), shows that 50% believe “totally” or “very” likely that Brazil will be attacked militarily because of concerns about the Amazon. Another 45% believe that Brazil could be attacked because of the pre-salt oil basins.
Amazon (photo: new7wonders.com)
| MANAUS, Amazonas – Wardens of the Environmental Police Battalion seized meat from two dolphins and an alligator on Saturday near the community of Supia, located on the banks of the Solimoes River, near the city of Manacapuru, 42 miles from the capital. The animals were in the possession of two fishermen, one 67 years old and another 66, who were using the meat to fish for piracatinga.
Amazon Environmental Police (photo: G1 Amazonas)
MANAUS, Amazonas – Several neighborhoods of South Central Zone, Midwest and West of the Amazonian capital, Manaus, were hit by a hailstorm at around 4:30 Tuesday afternoon, reported authorities.
Hail in the Amazon (photo: Antonio Lopes)
| MANAUS, Brazil – The governor of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, Omar Jose Abdel Aziz, confirmed on Monday that Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will be present for the inauguration of the Rio Negro Bridge on Monday, October 24th. The bridge links the capital, Manaus to Iranduba.
Bridge over the Rio Negro
| MANAUS, Brazil – Each year, the population of pink river dolphin (inia geoffrensis) decreases 10% due to poaching in the Amazon region, according to a new study conducted by scientists at the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA).
MANAUS, Brazil - Over 800 volunteers have signed up to participate in the Clean Up the World Day event in the capital of Amazonia. The volunteers will clean up the beaches and creeks along the city's riverfront.
MANAUS, Brazil – Forty new boats to be used for transporting students to and from public school are expected to be delivered on Thursday. The boats, which hold up to 20 people each, will serve students and schools along the capitol's waterfront up and down the Amazon and Negro Rivers, reported PortalAmazonia.com.
