Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct 20, 2025 (AFP) - Brazil greenlights oil drilling in sensitive Amazon region

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2025-10-20

Petrobras said Monday it had received a license to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, enraging environmentalists who said the move would undermine Brazil's hosting of UN climate talks next month. Plans to expand oil exploration in Brazil, already the world's eighth largest producer, are backed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who insists oil revenues will help fund Brazil's climate transition. Critics accuse him of a contrad......

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