During the IV Amazon Summit in Belém do Pará, Brazil, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez called for a “regional emergency” in the Amazon due to the existing environmental crisis in the region, widely regarded as the planet’s green lung. While addressing representatives from the Amazon Treaty Cooperation Organization (OTCA), Rodríguez emphasized the need for collective […]
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