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FILE PHOTO: Cacique Bayara, leader of the Pataxo Geru-Tucuna village, located in the municipality of Acucena in Minas Gerais, Brazil, speaks to the media outside the Rolls Building of the High Court amid a lawsuit against the BHP Group over the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam in Brazil, in London, Britain, October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/File Photo
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Dam disaster deal should curb lawsuits against Vale and BHP, sources say

Vale, BHP, and Samarco agree to pay $29.85B for Brazil dam collapse, potentially ending lawsuits and aiding reparations.

FILE PHOTO: A logo is seen at the headquarters of agricultural chemical maker Syngenta in Basel, Switzerland January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
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Brazil sues Syngenta for alleged environmental damage

Brazil's suit alleges Syngenta produced and sold pesticides using much higher concentrations of a carcinogen than allowed under law.

FILE PHOTO: Volunteer firefighter members of the Alto Pantanal Brigade walk through a burned area while working to extinguish a fire rising in the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
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Intense fires burn in Brazil as court mandates return of striking environmental workers

The decision was made as intense fires burn in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands and with the oil industry hampered by the lack of licensing...

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Brazil, France partner to tackle illegal mining in French Guiana, sources say

By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil and France are set to sign an international cooperation agreement that would allow police from both...

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