Marcos Colón

In the early hours of Monday August 12, silence fell on the Amazon. Márcio Souza, writer, dramatist, director, novelist, 'emperor of the Amazon', passed away. Considered one of the most important voices in modern Brazilian literature, he presented the Amazon from what he felt and from the history he so profoundly revealed. Márcio's work encompassed theatre, literature, and cinema. He...

This article, Marcos Colón (Amazônia Latitude), and Katie Surma (Inside Climate News) was first published by Sumaúma on 8 August 2024. You can read the original in Portuguese here, and in English here. Main image: Hugo Loss coordinated anti-crime operations in the Amazon; he was suspended and investigated by the Bolsonaro administration. Photo: Richard Ladkani / Amazônia Latitude ‘The environment and its...

In an extraordinary interview, Brazilian journalist Eliane Brum explains how language is fundamental to the life of the Amazon and its peoples

Brazilian Indigenous leader Ailton Krenak is made a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Meanwhile Samba schools at Carnival gave voice to Indigenous and Black peoples

Marcos Colón argues that Indigenous peoples cannot be made solely responsible for dealing with climate change and saving our planet. All of us must share that responsibility.

The Javari reserve in Amazonas, where Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira disappeared, is a wild-west border region with multiple problems of drug trafficking, smuggling and land grabbing.

The explosion of mining in the mid-section of the Tapajós River is most likely the cause of the change in water color in Alter do Chão, one of the most desired beaches in Brazil, according to an analysis by MapBiomas. Although the annual flooding of the Amazon River contributes to the change in color of the Tapajós River at the...

Extraordinary photo of a Zo'é man carrying his father to be vaccinated has gone viral as a symbol of hope for all Brazilians

Amazônia Latitude's Marcos Colón reports from Glasgow on the cognitive dissonance that affects COP26, where those most concerned about and those most affected by climate change are effectively excluded from the conference and governments and business bandy technological fixes.

A new film from Marcos Colón interviews indigenous leaders from across the Amazon whose thinking could transform our world as modern extraction and exploitation tip us further towards chaos and the destruction of the planet