Brazil's Congress approved a law threatening Indigenous people's land rights, potentially opening vast territories to deforestation. Venezuela and Guyana agreed not to use force in their dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo area. However, they failed to reach a resolution, causing concern in the region. The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela promised not to use threats or force against each other but couldn't agree on how to address the dispute over the oil-rich border region. Brazil's Congress also passed a bill to pave a highway through the Amazon rainforest, alarming scientists and environmentalists.
🚨 BRAZIL APPROVES AMAZON RAINFOREST HIGHWAY Brazil passed a bill for a major highway through the Amazon. The plan includes using $1.3 billion from the Amazon Fund, alarming scientists about the risk to the world's largest rainforest. Critics warn of a potential surge in… https://t.co/3gpna4NqaK
⚠️ BRAZIL LAWMAKERS PASS BILL TO PAVE A HIGHWAY THROUGH AMAZON RAINFOREST The lower house of Brazil's Congress has approved a bill to relax environmental licensing to pave a highway cutting through the heart of the Amazon that scientists say will threaten the future of the… https://t.co/rnmvSBKKIP
🇧🇷 BRAZIL LAWMAKERS PASS BILL TO PAVE A HIGHWAY THROUGH AMAZON RAINFOREST
NEW: Was there ever a threat of war between Venezuela and Guyana at all? @AJManuzzi https://t.co/h3zi47znKl
CARIBBEAT | Guyana, Venezuela continue row over oil-rich territory The current controversy between the oil-producing nations of Guyana and Venezuela is more than just a border dispute. https://t.co/pRRTeTlnX2
Venezuela And Guyana Pledge Not To Use Force In Territorial Dispute https://t.co/X1DN6xQawk
⚠️ INDIGENOUS PROTESTERS IN BRAZIL INTERRUPT HEARING ON AMAZON GRAIN RAILWAY Indigenous protesters on Friday tried to prevent a public hearing on the construction of a railway that is planned to run through their lands to carry grains to a northern port in the Amazon. The… https://t.co/rFXMofgtse
Venezuela and Guyana pledge not to use force in bitter dispute over oil-rich territory - CNBC https://t.co/ZS3UtvdE8W
Venezuela and Guyana pledge not to use force in bitter dispute over oil-rich territory https://t.co/2acp3GssN8
🇻🇪🇬🇾Venezuela and Guyana Pledge Not to Use Force in Territorial Dispute Venezuela and Guyana agreed to avoid the use of force as they tried to settle a century-old territorial dispute that recently saw Venezuela threaten Guyana with annexing two-thirds of its territory. The…
The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela promised on Thursday that neither side would use threats or force against the other, but failed to reach agreement on how to address the dispute over a vast border region rich with oil and minerals - AP. Instead, a joint commission composed of… https://t.co/I167k40p1b
Guyana and Venezuela have agreed not to use force under any circumstances in resolving a territorial dispute. Presidents Nicolas Maduro and Irfaan Ali agreed to this at talks in Kingstown. https://t.co/jSoaEYcK7w
The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela fail to reach agreement on how to address a bitter dispute over a vast border region rich with oil and minerals that has concerned many in the region. https://t.co/30Ehgck9M7
Guyana and Venezuela agreed to avoid any use of force and to not escalate tensions in their long-running dispute over the oil-rich Esequibo area after a meeting between their heads of state in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines https://t.co/6LLDTWGHhG
Venezuela and Guyana agree not to use arms against each other in a first meeting to reduce tensions over the disputed Essequibo territory https://t.co/XOUmtK419z
Brazil’s Congress approved a law on Thursday that threatens Indigenous people’s rights to most of the land they inhabit or claim, potentially opening vast territories to deforestation. The lawmakers overrode a veto by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. https://t.co/e1KMpErriP