Describes increasing threat to isolated tribes in the Amazon by evangelical missionaries - including those from American churches
Coverage of a dispute over water access between the indigenous and farmers in Amazonas - in particular between the Mura people and buffalo farmers who let their herds pollute the waterways
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.
Translated for LAB by Tom Gatehouse. You can read the original (in Portuguese) here. This is the first in what we hope will be a series of articles by LAB partner Agência Pública, São Paulo.
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