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Study reveals how Illegal cattle from Brazilian indigenous land goes to the shelves of French supermarket chain

By Fábio Bispo 31 de May de 202224 de June de 2022

A French court received new complaints in a groundbreaking lawsuit that investigates Casino Group for selling meat from indigenous lands. Organizations have traced herds from the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous land in Brazil and calculated compensation for social, cultural, and health damages

Mining firm accused of coercing indigenous groups to exploit potash in Amazon

By Fábio Bispo 28 de April de 202228 de April de 2022

Public Prosecutor’s Office investigates Canadian-controlled Potássio do Brasil for manipulating consultations and land transactions with indigenous people

A Brazilian congressman created an armed militia in the Legislative Assembly that spied on and kidnapped opponents

By Fábio Bispo 16 de February de 202218 de March de 2022

Confidential documents obtained by InfoAmazonia detail how a Brazilian politician commanded an armed militia that spied on and kidnapped opponents in the Amazon.

Forest fires reached all indigenous lands with isolated peoples in the Amazon

By Aldem Bourscheit 25 de October de 20212 de November de 2021

An exclusive survey shows that, between July and September, the period that marks the dry season, fires in lands with the presence of isolated peoples accounted for more than 25% of fires in indigenous areas. The most serious cases occurred on the border with the Cerrado, in Mato Grosso, Pará, and Rondônia.

Illegal mining sparks malaria outbreak in Indigenous territories in Brazil

By 25 de November de 202023 de January de 2021

A letter from Jacareacanga City Hall, obtained exclusively by Mongabay/InfoAmazonia, asks the Evandro Chagas Institute for help because of a “major outbreak of malaria” in the municipality’s indigenous lands and points out that the increase in cases is related to illegal mining in the region. by Hyury Potter, Eduardo Goulart de Andrade e Fábio BispoTranslation: […]

Encouraged by Bolsonaro, mining requests on indigenous lands reach record numbers in 2020

By 13 de November de 202024 de November de 2020

Exclusive survey reveals 145 requests filed with the National Mining Agency as of November 3, the highest number in 24 years. A bill presented by President Bolsonaro would legalize activities currently prohibited by the Constitution. Image: operation against illegal mining in TI Kayapó, in 2017. Photo: Felipe Werneck/InfoAmazonia.

‘Do I deserve to die for speaking on behalf of a people?’

By 28 de October de 202024 de January de 2021

Eronilde Fermin is the chief of the Omágua Kambeba in São Paulo de Olivença, in the Brazilian Amazon. The following is an account of the struggle of unequal forces she faces when trying to guarantee indigenous education, medical care during the pandemic, and protection against invaders.

‘Defending the jungle is defending community life,‘ says leader from Ecuadorian Amazon

By 22 de October de 202024 de January de 2021

Rosa Aranda faces two miseries. One in her own body: she was infected by Covid-19. The other is the historical pollution generated by the oil industry, which threatens the territory in which she lives, Piwiri, in the Ecuadorian Amazon forest.

Saweto’s daughter, from Peru, persists in her fight for justice

By 20 de October de 202024 de January de 2021

Diana Ríos Rengifo took on the defense of the Peruvian Amazon after the murder of her father, a well-known Asheninka leader in the fight against illegal loggers. The trees in Saweto, a community located near the Peruvian border with Brazil, are highly coveted on the market and are threatened by indiscriminate logging.

Hortimio, the “Lord of the Earth”: Always at the Forefront in Cataniapo

By 18 de September de 202024 de January de 2021

Inspired by Wänä’cä, a leader who is mentioned in the ancestral songs of the Huöttöja people, Hortimio Ochoa is the visible face of defense of the Cataniapo hydrographic basin in the Venezuelan state of Amazonas. It is an area subject to increasingly evident pressure associated with mining, deforestation and the incursion of illegal armed groups

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A Brazilian congressman created an armed militia in the Legislative Assembly that spied on and kidnapped opponents

16 de February de 2022

Study reveals how Illegal cattle from Brazilian indigenous land goes to the shelves of French supermarket chain

31 de May de 2022

Mining firm accused of coercing indigenous groups to exploit potash in Amazon

28 de April de 2022

Forest fires reached all indigenous lands with isolated peoples in the Amazon

25 de October de 2021

Encouraged by Bolsonaro, mining requests on indigenous lands reach record numbers in 2020

13 de November de 2020

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