Record-breaking fires have flared up across the Amazonian state of Roraima, in northern Brazil, amid one of the worst droughts in 25 years. The number of hotspots in the state this past February ...

In December last year, 5,837 Venezuelans entered Brazil, with Pacaraima, in Roraima state, serving as the main point of entry. In Pacaraima and the state capital, Boa Vista, assistance is provided ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian state of Roraima in the Amazon rainforest has been hit with more than 2,000 fires in February, according to data released Thursday by the state space agency.

Brazil has resumed electricity imports from Venezuela after six years to supply its northern Roraima state, in a measure aimed at reducing costs and diversifying the energy supply for consumers.

According to the latest issue of the Infogripe bulletin from the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), ...

Even in Brazil, their diet is limited. Many migrants walk another 135 miles to Boa Vista, Roraima’s state capital. The city of 332,000 is more vibrant, the economy more stable. Venezuelans are ...

Brazil's "Operacao Acolhida," or Operation Welcome, offers humanitarian aid to some 15,000 Venezuelans crossing monthly into the state of Roraima before offering them work and housing around the ...

Brazil's northern state of Roraima has also had its attempt to close the border with Venezuela thrown out by a judge. Violence erupted in Pacaraima last week when local residents attacked ...

Empresa de Pesquisa Energetica (EPE), the Brazilian energy agency ... of Boa Vista and connected localities in the northern state of Roraima. The CCEE has contracted nine projects representing ...