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Drug gangs threaten communities in Amazon ‘cocaine corridor’

By Sam Cowie 24 de August de 202320 de September de 2023

Indigenous, African-descended and other traditional communities are caught in escalating violence from drug trafficking in Amazon “cocaine corridor.”

In Venezuela, Colombian guerrillas recruit Indigenous youth

By Bram Ebus 20 de August de 202320 de September de 2023

Along border with Venezuela, Colombian guerrillas lure unemployed Indigenous youths into drug trade, extortion rackets and armed conflict.

Colombian drug runners turn to shamans for protection

By Bram Ebus and Andrés Cardona 15 de August de 202320 de September de 2023

Before embarking on a perilous trek through the jungle, drug couriers in Colombia turn to shamans for protection.

The poorest narcos in the drug-trafficking chain

By Pamela Huerta and Bram Ebus 10 de August de 202320 de September de 2023

The poorest narcos in the trafficking chain risk even their own children to deliver drugs to criminal organizations.

Dredges: Gold mining spurs crime & corruption on Brazil-Colombia border

By Bram Ebus and Rodrigo Pedroso 3 de August de 202320 de September de 2023

Miners dredging millions of dollars in gold from Brazil’s Puruê River devastate the environment and attract armed groups.

Welcome to the Amazon Underworld

By Erico Rosa 3 de August de 202322 de September de 2023

The Amazon, the largest rainforest in the world, is also a source and transit point for illegally extracted jungle resources and narcotics. As criminal economies expand, violence and deforestation worsen

Deforestation in the Amazon: past, present and future

By Sibélia Zanon 21 de March de 202321 de March de 2023

According to a new study from RAISG, in just five years, the Amazon could lose almost half of what it lost in the past two decades.

Attacks against environmental defenders continue during the COVID-19 crisis

By Gustavo Faleiros 23 de April de 202014 de September de 2020

At least six defenders of the environment have been killed in Latin American since 11 March, the date on which the pandemic was declared.

Land of Resistants: defending the environment has never been so dangerous.

By Gustavo Faleiros 22 de April de 202014 de September de 2020

A team of 45 journalists from ten countries gathered to investigate episodes of violence against environmental leaders and their communities.

Defenders of the sacred hills

By 28 de February de 202015 de September de 2020

In Vaupés, a department in the Colombian Amazon, indigenous peoples cling to their beliefs to protect themselves from mining. A concession for the exploitation of coltan angers three communities: the leaders are threatened and their right to prior consultation has been violated.

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