The final agreement lacks specific plans to tackle illegal gold mining and end oil drilling, but calls on rich countries to pay for conservation

Fernando Villavicencio, a vocal critic of corruption, was killed Wednesday at a campaign event

Leaders of the 8 Amazon countries will meet representatives of other countries that have rainforests

The meeting attended by leaders of the 8 countries will be their first in 14 years

A technical report could reveal whether the plane, which transported the Asunción Five, was used by dictatorship to traffick other political dissidents.

A rainforest science panel will also be created at a summit happening on August 8-9

The countries will meet next week for a summit on cooperation to save the rainforest

The Brazilian president stated that the IMF needs to have ‘patience’ in its dealings with the country

They had intended to reach Europe, but they inadvertently ending up crossing the Atlantic