Video: Brazil sells exploration rights to 19 oil blocks near Amazon river amid Indigenous protest
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Brazil sells exploration rights to 19 oil blocks near Amazon river amid Indigenous protest
National and international buyers take part in an auction in Rio de Janeiro for the concession of oil and gas exploration rights near the mouth of the Amazon River, as activists and Indigenous people protest outside. Brazil sold exploration rights to 19 oil and gas blocks for $153 million at the start of an auction that has been criticized by environmentalists, just months before the country is set to host the COP30 climate summit. IMAGES