Floodwaters are subsiding in some areas but some rivers are reported to be still rising rapidly in Amazonas state.

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The last Latin American on the list is Venezuela Army General Jose Eliecer Pinto Gutierrez, top commander in Amazonas state, overseeing security on the Venezuela-Colombia border.

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Also this month, the government is expected to finish off plans to build three new ports: one in Amazonas state, one in Espirito Santo and the other in Bahia.

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Clinton was speaking at the World Sustainability Forum in Manaus, the largest city in the Brazilian rainforest state of Amazonas.

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The situation is said to be most critical in the state of Amazonas, where a quarter of all pupils are affected.

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Paying farmers in Mato Grosso to reduce deforestation but doing nothing for farmers in the neighboring state of Amazonas would merely shift illegal logging from one place to the other.

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Valderlei Canuto Leandro, 32, host of the Sinal Verde (Green Signal) programme on Radio Frontera, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the city of Tabatinga, in the state of Amazonas, according to local press reports.

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