Amazon indigenous group recovers sacred urns
In 2013, during the building of the Teles Pires dam in the Brazilian Amazon, the Teles Pires Hydroelectric Company (CHTP) dynamited Karobixexe...
The indigenous midwives of the Amazon
In the villages of Tabatinga, Amazonas, Ticuna midwives work
according to ancestral traditions, honing their skills generation after
generation. However, they remain unrecognised by the state.
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Destruction in the Amazon – it’s not lawlessness, it’s the law
Brazilian President
Jair Bolsonaro aroused global indignation in November when he affirmed: ‘Look,
you’re not going to do away with deforestation, or the burning – its...
Illegal mining poisons the Amazon
A new film by Jorge Bodansky analyzes the mercury contamination of Amazonian rivers as a result of illegal mining.
Brumadinho – one year on
LAB's Tom Gatehouse talks to those affected by recent tailings dams disasters in Brazil
On 25 January last year, a massive tailings dam collapsed at...
Toxic chemicals being sold in Brazil
In 2017, Brazilian authorities decided to ban paraquat because of its links to Parkinson’s disease. But since then, imports have increased, and restrictions have...
Redes sociales: blessing or curse?
Social media outlets, such as Twitter and WhatsApp, played a major role in the protests that spread across the Americas in 2019. In Chile,...
The final offensive against Brazil’s indigenous people
The anthropologist
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro discusses indigenous resistance in the Amazon, the
indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, and his pessimism about the climate crisis
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Bolsonaro clowns while poverty soars
In what has become a daily ritual in Brasilia, the sleek black car stops by the band of fervent Bolsonaristas waiting outside the Alvorada...
Brazil: bonanza for timber exporters
Forest degradation nearly doubled in the Brazilian Amazon last year, rising from 4,946 square kilometers in 2018, to 9,167 square kilometers in...