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By Adriano Machado SANTAREM, Brazil, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Brazilian Indigenous protesters who invaded a Cargill port facility in the northern town of ​Santarem plan to leave the site within ‌about 48 hours, Indigenous leader Alessandra Munduruku told Reuters on Tuesday.

SANTAREM/BRASILIA, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Brazil has decided to revoke a decree that would have expanded Amazonian waterways in a federal privatization program, a ​government official said on Monday, a move ‌that follows the occupation of a Cargill port facility on the Tapajos river by Indigenous protesters. The protesters have said the August decree would open up Amazonian rivers like the Tapajos ‌to ​dredging, which could impact water ⁠quality and the fishing ⁠they rely on to survive.

By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Indigenous protesters have occupied Cargill’s Santarem river port terminal in Brazil’s Para state and “completely” interrupted operations at the site, the ​U.S. grain trader said in a statement on ‌Saturday.

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO, Feb 19 (Reuters) – A Brazilian court reinstated late on Wednesday an order to free up access to the ​Santarem river port terminal where U.S. grain ‌trader Cargill operates, according to a ruling signed by federal judge Shamyl Cipriano and seen by Reuters.

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO, Feb 9 (Reuters) – A branch of Brazil’s federal public prosecutors’ office has denounced the potential use of force to remove Indigenous protesters from ‍the vicinities of a Cargill port terminal in the Amazon, according to a statement late last week. Indigenous groups have been protesting at the company’s Santarem terminal gate since January 22 against a project to dredge the Tapajos river, where traders rely on barges to move ‌grains for export via northern ports.

By Daphne Psaledakis and MacDonald Dzirutwe WASHINGTON/LAGOS (Reuters) -The United States is considering actions such as sanctions and Pentagon engagement on counterterrorism as part of a plan to compel the Nigerian government to better protect Christian communities and religious freedom, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The chief of Russia’s general staff Valery Gerasimov told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Russian forces had taken control of the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk. Putin had visited the command post of the Russian forces “West” grouping where he had met with Gerasimov, and top military brass, the Kremlin said earlier.

(Reuters) -The Syrian central bank on Thursday sent its first Swift message to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, central bank Governor AbdulKader Husrieh told Reuters. “We sent (a) greeting message to all our international correspondent banks. We started with the Federal Reserve,” Husrieh said.

(Reuters) -Lucid Group on Thursday launched a cheaper variant of its Gravity SUV with a starting price of $79,900, as the luxury electric-vehicle maker seeks to reach a broader audience amid slowing EV sales in United States. The Gravity Touring, offers up to 337 miles of range and seats seven, joining the higher-priced Grand Touring variant in Lucid’s SUV lineup. Orders for the new variant were open on Thursday with some configurations available for immediate delivery.

By Courtney Rozen and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is considering options to enhance its ability to close government offices and end programs it no longer wants, according to a proposal seen by Reuters. The administration is developing a rule to more easily manage the legal consequences of layoffs, according to the documents.