Brazil
Davi Kopenawa, Yanomami leader and shaman, elected to Brazilian Academy of Sciences
December 21, 2020From December 2018 to April 2019, the Yanomami people were the subject of an extraordinary exhibition in São Paulo, The Yanomami Struggle, by photographer Claudia Andujar and the Moreira Sales Institute [IMS] which presented the Yanomamis’...
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Indigenous people block Trans-Amazon Highway protesting industrial drought
December 2, 2020In 2020, the Middle Xingu region suffered one of the most severe droughts of the past 50 years.
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Coronavirus report from Brazil: Yanomami mothers beg for their babies’ bodies
November 24, 2020Three women are living a nightmare for which it will be necessary to invent a name.
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Brazilian singer Vital Farias’ ‘An Amazon Tale’ in poetic new English translation
November 23, 2020English lyrics for Brazilian singer/songwriter Vital Farias’ “Saga da Amazônia,” a poetic translation.
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Trump in ‘free trade’ talks with Brazilian right-wing authoritarian President Bolsonaro
July 8, 2020The talks may have hit a medical snag: Bolsonaro, who like Trump has actively sabotaged coronavirus response efforts, just tested positive for COVID-19.
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