We were born as Forest Guardians 2
A year ago, Paulo Paulino, a Guajajara Indian, was murdered, with the assassination reverberating around the world.
To mark the anniversary of his death, Fiona...
We were born as Forest Guardians 1
A year ago, Paulo Paulino, a Guajajara Indian, was murdered, with the assassination reverberating around the world.
To mark the anniversary of his death, Fiona...
Bolsonaro — the new Jim Jones
President Bolsonaro is the new 'Jim Jones', says Jan Rocha, comparing the Brazilian president to the cult leader who led his followers in a mass suicide in Guayana in 1978.
Brazilian court orders 20,000 gold miners removed from Yanomami Park
The Yanomami Park covers 37,000 square miles in the Brazilian Amazon on the Venezuelan border; it is inhabited by 27,000 Yanomami. Soaring gold prices...
Frontiers of Development in the Amazon: Riches, Risks, and Resistances
Frontiers of Development in the Amazon: Riches, Risks, and Resistances contributes to ongoing debates on the processes of change in the Amazon, a region...
Virus toll of indigenous elders is destroying history
COVID-19 kills the elderly, those with underlying health conditions, the poor and vulnerable. It is now doing so in the Brazilian Amazon where the...
Uncontacted tribes could be exterminated by Covid-19
This article was first published on 6 April 2020 by Newsweek. You can read the original article here.
The COVID-19 pandemic could “wipe out”...
Assédio missionário
Describes increasing threat to isolated tribes in the Amazon by evangelical missionaries - including those from American churches