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Brazilian Indians find plane survivors

Indigenous Indians located nine survivors of a plane that crashed in a river in the Amazon rain forest with 11 people onboard, according to the Brazilian air force.

Anti-government protests continue in Peru

Thousands of police and military forces were dispatched in capital's streets Wednesday to maintain order during the second day of a national strike led by unions and civil groups.

Bartering sex for stuff or services

While she was studying in Brazil during college, the one thing Stephanie Gerson longed to do before leaving was spend time in the thick of the Amazon rain forest. Unfortunately, she couldn't find a tour that would take her past the forest's edge.

Time.com: Drilling for Oil Way, Way Offshore

Rising oil prices may lead to more drilling offshore in the U.S., but the real environmental harm will likely be borne far overseas, by poor countries in South America

Time.com: Oil Exploration Threatens Amazon

Oil exploration in the Amazon rain forest represents the latest, perhaps greatest, threat to preserving what remains of the world's largest remaining tropical wilderness, scientists said Wednesday

Judge orders U.S. pilots to testify in Brazil about crash

A Brazilian judge rejected a request by two American pilots to avoid a trip to Brazil for testimony on their role in a September 2006 crash that killed 154 people, a court spokesman said Friday.

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