Amazon: rising violence and disturbing trends
Oxford Colloquium: 30 January - 2 February 2020
Resources from the Conference
Programme & Speakers
The Oxford Letter for the Amazon
Carta de Oxford para a Amazônia (in...
The measles from the time of my grandfather
This article is part of the series: Dispatches from the pandemic, published on Somatosphere.
Main image: CCPY doctor examines a sick Yanomami child, Balaú, Brazil....
The Amazon: hunger – the invisible side of Covid-19
This article originally appeared in Portuguese in the Portuguese newspaper O Público, on 2 April, here.
The version published by Amazon Latitude, here, was translated...
Rapid deforestation may fuel pandemics
by Thaís Borges & Sue Branford
Nearly 25,000 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Brazil, with 1,378 deaths as of April 15, though some experts...
Brazil: Indigenous people in the Amazon brace for coronavirus
This article is available on Deutsche Welle's English website. You can read the original Portuguese article here.
Main image: Dr Erik Jennings (left) has been...
Indigenous peoples: why it matters to us all if they catch...
This article was translated for LAB by Chloe Budd. You can read the original (in Spanish) here.
Main image: Raya, an old Nahua....
Brazilian Amazon: first Covid-19 case among indigenous people
by Thaís Borges & Sue Branford
A 20-year-old Kokama indigenous woman in northern Amazonas state tested positive for the virus, according to the federal government’s...
Renewing the Five Bows: Indigenous resistance in Bahía, Brazil
Dan Baron Cohen and Manoela Souza first collaborated with the Pataxó People in Coroa Vermelha, Porto Seguro, South-East Bahia, in 2000, to build a...
Covid-19 threat to Quilombos near mine
This article was first published by The Intercept on 18 March. It was translated for LAB by Chris Whitehouse. You can read the original...
Brazil: bringing the Word or the Coronavirus?
As the coronavirus spreads around the globe, with more than 300 known cases already in Brazil, and members of Pres. Jair Bolsonaro’s...
