Belo Sun: Brazil’s Largest Gold Mine to be near site of...
The Brazilian government is about to approve the construction of the country’s largest ever gold mine at Volta Grande on the Xingu River, only a short distance from the site of the internationally criticised Belo Monte dam.
Amazon Film Festival: Weaving Resistance with the Munduruku
A new documentary film about a Munduruku village on the Tapajós river region in Brazilian Amazonas, directed by LAB editor Nayana Fernandez.
Aldeia Maracanã marks 513 years of Indigenous Evictions in Brazil
A few minutes from Maracanã stadium, urban Indigenous village struggles to save an historical building in danger as Brazil's World Cup approaches
Brazilian activists accuse the authorities of double standards
While public transport activists condemn the violence used against the São Paulo military police colonel in a demonstration, they are also critical of the authorities’ failure to repudiate the violence used by the police against many demonstrators.
Brazilian Indians secure nationwide land victory
After months of struggle, Brazil's Indians stop Congress from passing legislation that would jeopardise their control over their land
Two military leaders of Eldorado dos Carajás massacre jailed
Sixteen years after the event, the two commanders of the Eldorado dos Carajas massacre, in which 19 people were killed, are finally jailed.