The Tocantins-Araguaia waterway is one of the Brazilian government’s priority projects for transporting soy, corn, meat, minerals and other commodities to ports in the Amazon Rainforest. The project ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A hot-air balloon caught fire and tumbled from the sky on Saturday in Brazil ’s southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people, firefighters said. Footage shared by local news ...

A federal court in Brazil has blocked the start of planned explosions along a 35-kilometer (22-mile) rock formation called Pedral do Lourenço in the Tocantins River, pausing a major infrastructure ...

Spread across 43 km (27 mi) of the Tocantins River, this rock formation is an obstacle to ship navigation during the dry season, from June to December, blocking the passage of boats coming from the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- At least eight people are dead following a crash involving a hot-air balloon in Brazil's southern region of Santa Catarina on Saturday, according to the local governor. "We are all ...