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  • A tugboat navigates a container ship into the Culebra Cut from the Chagres River near Gamboa, Panama, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The Panama Canal is so shallow from climate change that quotas are being imposed on how many ships can use the artery, a decision destined to snarl trade in energy, consumer goods and food as carriers are forced to sail thousands of extra miles to make deliveries. Photographer: Walter Hurtado/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEnvironment

    The Panama Canal is enmeshed in a crisis that’s disrupting global trade. But it will take years and billions of dollars to fix

    By Peter Millard, Michael D. McDonald, and others
  • A container ship navigates through the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal near Panama City, Panama, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. The Panama Canal is so shallow from climate change that quotas are being imposed on how many ships can use the artery, a decision destined to snarl trade in energy, consumer goods and food as carriers are forced to sail thousands of extra miles to make deliveries. Photographer: Walter Hurtado/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEnvironment

    Panama Canal is so backed up and ‘unreliable’ that ships are detouring thousands of miles to avoid costly delays

    By Peter Millard and Bloomberg
  • Supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro invade Planalto Presidential Palace while clashing with security forces in Brasilia on January 8, 2023. – Hundreds of supporters of Brazil’s far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro broke through police barricades and stormed into Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Sunday, in a dramatic protest against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inauguration last week. (Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Brazil gets its Jan. 6 moment as pro-Bolsonaro rioters invade congress, presidential palace: ‘Anti-democratic acts’

    By Peter Millard, Andrew Rosati, and others
  • A farmer checks on coffee plants destroyed by frost during extremely low temperatures near Caconde, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. Extreme weather is slamming crops across the globe, bringing with it the threat of further food inflation at a time costs are already hovering near the highest in a decade and hunger is on the rise. Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEnvironment

    Fire, frost and drought are ravaging the country that makes breakfast for the world

    By Peter Millard, Fabiana Batista, and others