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Smoke blankets Manaus: NASA satellite shows Amazon fires spreading
Aqua imagery from 12 October and analysis published on 15 October link increased fire activity to drought during El Niño.
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Latin America forecast to grow just 2.2%: why some countries are pulling ahead
The World Bank forecast 2.2% growth for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2026 in a report released on 6 October. The average masks sharp differences between economies, and it is a projection rather than a final annual result.
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Brazil Votes: Why the 25 October Runoff Matters Beyond the Presidency
Brazilians voted in the 4 October general election, with a second round scheduled for 25 October where required. We explain why an early count is not a certified result and why voters were choosing much more than a president.
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The heart of nature: what the grandeur of mountains teaches us
There are places — the peaks of the Andes, the depths of the Amazon — where a person feels small for the first time in a long while. That is not humiliation but medicine. A city is built so that a person feels like the centre of the world; nature was here before us and will be here after. And people protect not what is useful but what they love.