29 Jul 2019
Spotlight on South America - threats to the Amazon rainforest
Correspondent Katy Watson tells Kathryn about the latest government data from Brazil shows that the Amazon rainforest is being cleared at the rate of three football pitches a minute. Also Venezuala has has been hit by more massive power cuts in the past week, hitting a third of all states. Decades of underinvestment has damaged the power grid. Katy Watson is a correspondent for the BBC, based in Sao Paulo.