Belém

American

[buh-lem, bey-lan] / bəˈlɛm, beɪˈlɛ̃ /

noun

a seaport in N Brazil on the Pará River.

Belém British

/ bəˈlẽi /

noun

a port in N Brazil, the capital of Pará state, on the Pará River: major trading centre for the Amazon basin. Pop: 2 097 000 (2005 est)

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Newsom also attended the U.N. climate policy summit in Belém, Brazil, in November.

From Los Angeles Times

"The government is opening up our territories to many projects ... to boost agribusiness," Indigenous leader Auricelia Arapiuns told AFP in a video message from the Amazon port city of Santarem, in the same state that hosted COP30 in Belem.

From Barron's

Indeed, the statement released at the end of last month’s climate conference in Belém, Brazil said the world was headed for a rise of 2.3 to 2.5 degrees by 2100.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We've been trying to win an election for years," said Belem Valdivieso.

From BBC

BELÉM, Brazil—In the week preceding this year’s United Nations climate negotiations, hurricanes and typhoons battered countries including Jamaica and the Philippines.

From The Wall Street Journal

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