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May 28, 2019 | The Intercept
'Why Is This Man Still Alive?' (Portuguese)
A look at the lives of a group of Indigenous Akroá-Gamella people two years after a brutal mob attack left 22 severely injured.
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Brazil
May 22, 2019 | Mongabay
Against the Ruralist Onslaught, the Sateré-Mawé Defend Their Territory and Culture (Portuguese)
The Sateré-Mawé people, on the border between Amazonas and Pará states, have endured long conflicts with mining companies and land thieves. The Sateré and indigenous groups throughout Brazil now face new threats stemming from the Bolsonaro government's pro-ruralist policies.
May 15, 2019 | The Real News Network
Brazil’s Bolsonaro: ‘Exterminator of the Future’
Alexander Zaitchik discusses the environmental policies of Brazilian president’s first four months in office as former Brazilian Ministers of Environment warn about how he is undoing decades of environmental protection…
May 08, 2019 | Mongabay
Brazil: The Invasion of Indigenous Territories in Rondón Continue (Spanish)
Indigenous people are under siege in Rondonia, the Brazilian state to the northeast border of Bolivia.
May 08, 2019 | InfoAmazonia
Indigenous Communities Under Siege in Rondon's Land
The continued invasion of native territories in the western part of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.
May 08, 2019 | InfoAmazonia
Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau: Land in Dispute (Portuguese)
Indigenous land is constantly attacked by invaders—Especially with the arrival of the Bolsonaro government.
May 08, 2019 | InfoAmazonia
Operation Anti-Indigenous (Portuguese)
Native territories in the western part of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest face continued invasions.
April 25, 2019 | Mongabay
Stinging Ants: Amazon Indigenous Group Girds Itself to Hold Ancestral Lands
To steel themselves against the challenges posed by illegal loggers, land grabbers, and anti-indigenous policies, and to create unity among their tribal groups, Sateré young men participate in a ritual known as Waumat—the painful bites of stinging ants.
April 25, 2019 | Mongabay
Bolsonaro Draws Battle Lines in Fight over Amazon Indigenous Lands
Now more than ever, indigenous groups in Brazil fear the loss of their cultural heritage and land rights as Bolsonaro aims for indigenous societal “assimilation,” or erasure of ethnic minority groups' traditional ways of life and livelihoods.
April 24, 2019 | Piauí
Operation Anti-Indian
Land-grabbing, deforestation, and the persecution of their leaders haunt the indigenous territories in Rondonia, Brazil.
April 19, 2019 | The Guardian
Amazon's Trees Get Taste of Air of The Future
Experiment aims to learn how the rainforest will cope in levels of CO2 that could be normal by 2050.
February 25, 2019 | PBS NewsHour
Violence at the Venezuelan Border, Humanitarian Aid Blocked
The Venezuelan National Guard clashed with protesters on Saturday, February 22, and humanitarian aid was blocked from entering the country from Colombia and Brazil.