Woman president of rural syndicate lives escorted by two companions and can not live with the grandchildren for not to expose them to risk.
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Laísa struggle for land and the memory of sister
Sister of Maria, murdered with Zé Cláudio, says that the judgment of the accused was worse than murder.
They, marked to Die
A Pública and Diario de Pará bring the stories of ten women whose lives are threatened by fighting for their rights and for the preservation of the forest.
Maria Joel da Costa inherited the struggle and death threats
Widow, she became president of the union and went on to denounce the slave labor on farms in Rondon do Pará.
Maria do Carmo fight for their community and the forest
Threatened with death, three years ago Maria works to ensure the survival of their community in harmony with the preservation of the Amazon rainforest.
Jacareacanga: we received a ‘no’ from mundurukus
The journey from Itaituba yields two remarkable encounters with indigenous one of them with the Association Pusuru and another with Councilman Elinaldo Crixi.
Stumble in the way of the TIPNIS
Stumbling as propaganda and repression against leaders and indigenous from Tipnis should take Evo to rethink the construction of the road.
INPA features products and fruits of the Amazon with market potential
INPA spoke about the Institute’s research that generated food products with economic potential for the region.
Deforestation rate doubles in the Amazon rainforest
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is up 103 percent over this time last year, reports the latest assessment by Imazon
Brazil’s military takes on illegal loggers to protect nearly-extinct tribe
The Brazilian army has sent in hundreds of soldiers, in addition to tanks and helicopters, to break up the illegal logging camps.