Recovery of BR 319 enters a new phase of discussion. The Working Group report presents projects and schedules só that the conditions imposede on the woek are met. To provide transparency to the recovery and paving works of BR-319 in Amazonas, the Ministry of Transport made public on Tuesday (11) the report that consolidates the discussions of the Working Group (GT) on the highway.
The federal highway connects Manaus, capital of Amazonas, to Porto Velho, in Rondônia. In addition to being in the middle of the Amazon jungle, the road is the main land access between these states and the rest of the country.
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The largest dried meat paçoca in the world, which became a symbol of the Boa Vista Junina festival, in the state of Roraima, was recognized by the Guinness Book, the Book of Records, and now has the official title.
The traditional delicacy of indigenous cuisine broke its own record and reached 1,356 kg of dried meat and yellow flour on Friday night (7). The new brand surpassed its own record, recorded in 2023, by 92 kg.After the weigh-in, the mayor of the capital received a certificate that made the world record official.
According to the Guinness World Records judge and responsible for Brazilian records, Camila Borenstain, the professionals' analysis was forwarded to her through reports.
The documents included proof of the quality of the scale, tare, weighing and distribution.
This was the first time that the party hosted a Guinness team.
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Bus accident leaves 5 injured on federal highway in Roraima. The vehicle had 44 passengers and two drivers at the time of the accident. There were no deaths. According to the ministry, two of the injured must remain hospitalized in Rorainópolis hospital and 12 are under observation in the same location.
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The AmazonBai cooperative, with 144 members in the Bailique archipelago, in Amapá, signed the first direct sales contract for açaí to the United States.
The first shipment will be ten tons of freeze-dried product, a processing process that allows the pulp to be transformed into powder, which facilitates product transportation. The volume exported by the cooperative exceeds the total shipped by Amapá in 2023, when 3.9 tons of the product were sold abroad, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture.
The deal, according to the cooperative's president, Amiraldo Picanço, should guarantee a return of R$2.4 million to the community and increase local açaí production from 75 tons per year to 350 tons this year.
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Operation Catrimani II, coordinated by the Armed Forces, arrested three illegal miners and seized ammunition, a generator and even a submachine gun inside the Yanomami Indigenous Land, in Roraima.
The arrests took place in the Mucuim region, an area with signs of illegal mining, between May 27th and 28th. During the operation, soldiers seized a submachine gun, a shotgun, a pistol and a revolver, as well as ammunition for each of the weapons.
Radio transmitters and a ballistic vest were also seized. In the action, they also destroyed a boat with an engine, a generator and materials used in the camp and in illegal activity. The objective of the mission is to prevent and repress cross-border crimes, related to illegal mining, which threaten indigenous people and the territory.
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The Bumbódromo 2024 Mural, entitled “Patrimônio em Festa”, is already in the final stages of production. With 80% of the mural ready, the expectation is that the work will be delivered in the first week of June, the month in which the Parintins Folk Festival takes place.
The art is by Parintina native Pito Silva, who won the tender opened by the Government of Amazonas exclusively for artists from the municipality. Work on producing the mural began on May 2nd. In less than 10 days, Pito Silva was able to complete all the drawings and details, now starting the most laborious phase: painting. The 2024 Parintins Folklore Festival takes place on the 28th, 29th and 30th of June.
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A parachutist was trapped at the top of a tree approximately 25 meters high, inside a private property, in the Paz neighborhood, Central-West Zone of Manaus, on Saturday (25). In total, four vehicles and 15 firefighters worked in a complex operation to remove the victim.
According to information from the Fire Department, the accident occurred after a strong wind diverted the parachute from the flight path and caused it to get stuck in a tree. The incident was called around 4pm.
According to firefighters, the victim was taken to the ground using a guided rappel system.
The parachutist was conscious throughout the process and, upon reaching the ground, received first aid care from the Fire Department's rescue unit team. He was taken to receive medical care at the Hospital e Pronto Socorro 28 de Agosto, in the capital of Amazonas.
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The Parintins Folklore Festival is not just an event that tells stories and legends for the world to see.
But, it also brings traditions, love and passion, as a Garantido fan says.
"My love for the most beautiful Boi-Bumbá in Parintins, which has this heart on its forehead and is all white, started since I was a child" said artisan Valdineia Evangelista.
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A small plane crashed on Friday morning (10) on a farm, in the rural area of the municipality of Cerejeiras, in the state of Rondônia. According to the Military Fire Department (CBM), the pilot was unharmed.
The fall happened around 6 am on a private property, in a rural area of the city. Only the pilot was on the plane. Despite the fall, he did not need medical attention, according to the CBM. The images show the small aircraft “overturned” and apparently destroyed, inside a farm plantation. According to information from CBM, the aircraft belongs to the property where it crashed and the reasons for the crash have not yet been disclosed. The National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) and the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (Cenipa) have so far not commented on the accident.
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The Federal Police and the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) carried out an operation this Tuesday morning (14) against illegal mining on the Madeira River, close to the city of Humaitá in the interior of Amazonas. Around 50 that were used to dredge gold in the tributary were burned.
After the action, the miners tried to put out the flames in the bullets, as shown in the video they recorded, but without success. The Federal Police and Ibama did not comment on further details and whether the action should continue in the region.
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The Regulatory Agency for Delegated and Contracted Public Services of Amazonas (Arsepam) is intensifying inspections of passenger vessels that navigate the state's rivers. Mainly, for those who go to Tupinambarana Island, with the intention of seeing the Parintins Folklore Festival. The trips to the island of magic have already started and Arsepam is checking the documentation and necessary items that each vessel needs to have navigability authorization according to the Brazilian Navy. The Regulatory Agency checks, for example: operational schemes, passenger safety items, documents indicating the capacity of the vessel, and authorization from the Navy.
According to Arsepam, in 2023, in the period from June 20th to July 3rd, more than 59 thousand passengers embarked on this route. The expectation is that this year the number will be even higher. According to the Amazonas Tourism Agency (Amazonastur), Parintins is expected to receive more than 120,000 visitors during the 2024 Folklore Festival. Arsepam also warns travelers to be careful not to embark on clandestine transport.
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A house that stood on the edge of a stream collapsed during the rain that hit Manaus this Tuesday (7), on Pitinga street, São José dos Campos community, in the São José neighborhood, East Zone of the capital. A man who was in the house managed to get out before the collapse, but lost his belongings. The heavy rain started around 12pm (local time) when the ravine began to give way. The house on a corner collapsed and only the wall remained. According to residents, work is being carried out by the city hall at the site.
The heavy rain also caused flooding in several streets and avenues in the capital of Amazonas. Traffic was slow in some parts of the city and vehicle traffic was complicated. Drivers had to face difficulties to reach their destinations.
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Police officers from the Special Police Operations Battalion (Bope) seized around 300 kg of skunk on a farm in the village of Sumaúma, in Mucajaí, on Tuesday (7), after a small plane suffered a breakdown and descended onto the airstrip. of the location. No one was arrested. Bope was called around 8pm, after being informed that there was a plane in the forested area of the farm. At the scene, the 29-year-old caretaker said that in the late afternoon he saw a plane landing on the runway that gives access to the pasture.
The military police went to the plane and found it in trouble, with the doors open, but there was nothing inside. The drug was found hidden near a buritizal plantation, approximately 1 km from where the plane was located and was stored in 10 large volumes, divided into blocks. The owner's documentation was found on the plane. To prevent the aircraft from being removed from the location, the agents removed the black box and the polarity inverter - equipment used to start the plane, and took it to the Federal Police along with the seized drugs. The Sumaúma village region is an area used as a route by miners accessing the Yanomami Indigenous Land. Furthermore, in recent months, large drug seizures have been made in the region, such as one of half a ton, made by the PF, and another, of 357, by the Civil Police.
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Heavy rain that fell in the early hours of this Monday (6) left streets flooded in Caracaraí, a municipality south of Roraima. With the large volume of water, residents woke up to find their house flooded and a gas station even flooded. The rains started around 10pm on Sunday (25th) and continued until Monday morning. In the first days of May, it rained 126 mm, that is, 31% in relation to the general historical average for the monthly period, according to the State Foundation for the Environment and Water Resources (Femarh).
The city hall reported that it established a crisis committee and is cleaning the affected streets. In relation to the houses that suffered from flooding, the Social Action Secretariat is already in contact with the families and taking the necessary measures. Videos show flooded houses and even a gas station affected. In the Civil Defense assessment, flooding occurs due to the lack of drainage in the municipality. The National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) issued an orange alert for the danger of rain until this Tuesday (7) for the municipalities of Bonfim, Cantá, Caracaraí, Caroebe, Rorainópolis, São João da Baliza and São Luiz. This means that rainfall of 30 and 60 mm/h or up to 100 mm per day can occur, and intense winds (60-100 km/h).
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About 6 kilometers from the mainland, the Maracá-Jipioca Ecological Station, also called Island of Jaguars, has the largest number of jaguars per square meter in the world, according to ICMBio. There are 6.7 ounces per 100 square kilometers, according to a survey released this Thursday (2) by the Onça-Pintada Institute. The island covers around 60 thousand hectares and intrigues researchers, who seek to understand how the jaguars ended up there.
Monitoring of jaguars at the ecological station has been carried out for 3 years, according to the Onça-Pintada Institute, which is based in Goiás. One of the objectives of the study is to understand how the species will behave with population growth. There are between 25 and 30 females at the site, which are capable of reproducing at least one offspring each year, says the Institute. The island is located in the Amazon River delta and is directly influenced by the river's flow. During monitoring, 7 jaguars were captured and received GPS collars for the study, which will show the animals' movement around the island.
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Brazil surpassed the mark of 17 thousand fires and surpassed the worst four months in the history of fires recorded in the country. The data comes from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), linked to the federal government, and was updated on Tuesday (30). In total, 17,064 fires were recorded from January 1st to April 29th. An increase of 81% compared to the same period in 2023. The numbers also exceed the 16,988 outbreaks from January 1st to April 30th, 2003, the worst period in the historical series, which began in 1999. The states of Roraima and Mato Grosso lead the ranking of fires, with 4,609 and 4,122 fire records, respectively. The biomes with the highest number of fires recorded this year are:
Amazon - 8,969 fires - 52.6% of the total
Cerrado - 4,506 fires - 26.4%
Atlantic Forest - 1,746 fires - 10.2%
Caatinga - 1,115 fires - 6.5%
Pantanal - 646 fires - 3.8%
The observed record is related to the occurrence of the El Niño phenomenon, which is the warming of the Pacific Ocean, causing an increase in temperature over the continent and a decrease in rainfall, especially in the northern part of the Amazon, north of Ecuador, says Inpe. The Institute highlights that in addition to climate issues, human action continues to be one of the factors that causes greater degradation of the environment.
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