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More deforestation - and less rain - threaten Brazilian agribusiness

BRASILIA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Brazilian agribusiness is losing up to $1 billion dollars a year as rising deforestation cuts rainfall in the southern Amazon - a problem set to expand if forest loss continues, a group of Brazilian and German researchers have warned.

Collapsed building in Rio das Pedras slum, Rio de Janeiro

Two die after building collapse in Rio neighborhood

A residential building in a working class part of Rio de Janeiro collapsed on Thursday, killing at least two people and underlining the precarious state of many structures in parts of the city where authorities say organized crime is heavily involved in construction.

FILE PHOTO: People walk as a bus passes a Shell gas station in Buenos Aires

Brazil energy group Raizen officially files for IPO

Brazilian energy company Raizen has officially registered for an initial public offering with Brazilian securities regulator CVM, it said in a Thursday filing, after days of hinting that such a move was imminent.