25, 2019 file photo, highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para state, Brazil.... Before Jair Bolsonaro's term began in Jan.... Between 2009 and 2018, the average was 6, 500 square kilometers....

RIO DE JANEIRO— The Brazilian scientists were skeptical.... The country with the most freshwater resources on the planet steadily lost 15% of its surface water since 1991.... They used artificial intelligence to parse some 150, 000 satellite images measuring the surface of lakes, rivers, marshes and all surface water across Brazil. Advertisement The figures checked out, and the MapBiomas data published this week has heightened an existing sense of alarm....

More than 20 would-be hackers gathered in the Brazilian electoral authority’s headquarters in the capital this week.... Their 3-day battery of attempted assaults ended Friday and was part of planned testing that happens every election year, usually proceeding without incident or, for that matter, drawing any attention.... But with President Jair Bolsonaro continuously sowing doubt about the system’s reliability, the test took on an outsized significance as the electoral authority, known as the

Separately, Bolsonaro on several recent occasions has expressed discomfort with the autonomy and said that he would like to interfere in monetary policy, a minister who has heard such complaints himself told the AP.... That would mean the cost of living will exceed the central bank’s target for the first time in six years.... Still, the minister who spoke on condition of anonymity told the AP that Bolsonaro has spoken of his concern about out-of-control inflation during the election year....

BRASILIA, Brazil— A total of 116 cities in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia were in a state of emergency because of flooding on Tuesday due to heavy rains that have been pounding the region since the end of November.... Cities in at least five other states in Brazil’s north and southeast have also been flooded in recent days.In Bahia, flooding has affected more than 470, 000 people.... In southern Bahia, it rained more than five times the normal amount for this time of the year....

A group of pastors pray together after speaking Oct.... J.B. Pritzker to repeal a quarter-century-old Republican-sponsored law requiring parents to be notified when a minor seeks an abortion, however, have not been an easy sell.... Even some Democrats question whether such a move goes too far in pitting abortion rights against parental rights. The issue could be taken up this week when lawmakers return to Springfield for the second half of their fall session....

Open this photo in gallery Gravedigers bury a COVID-19 victim at Vila Formosa, a cemetery in Sao Paulo on May 8, 2021.... Bolsonaro has told Brazilians repeatedly that they had nothing to fear.... Bolsonaro fired his first health minister in April of last year, after their disagreements over virus containment became public....

CHARIGUE, Argentina( Reuters)-Gustavo Alcides Diaz, an Argentine fisherman and hunter from a river island community, is at home on the water.... I've never seen it so low in my lifetime," Diaz said at his home in Charigue, some 300 kilometers( 186 miles) upriver from the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, lamenting the impact on fish stocks and fresh water.... " When everything dries up, the water rots." The Parana's crisis is among the multitude of woes arising worldwide associated with global c

During the pandemic, California’s population dropped for the first time in history, and is now at just above 39 million.... But the nation is also much cheaper for Americans, who on average earn several times more than the typical Portuguese worker. The Times spoke to Californians who moved to Portugal to ask about their experiences.... We also reached out to Portuguese natives about the growing influx of remote workers, retirees and land investors. Advertisement Responses have been edited for