Tag: indians

Kaiowá leader Ladio Veron - Photo: Survival International

Let Down by Brazil, Indian Leader Goes to Europe to Save His People and the Forest

Ladio Veron, leader of Brazil’s indigenous Guarani-Kaiowá people, is touring Europe and making a ...

Chief Geraldo Apurina, wife and children in front of their house - Chris Arsenault/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indians Are the Best Answer to Save the Amazon. But There Is Less Room for Them in the New Brazil

Inside Brazil’s Indigenous Reserve 124, Chief Geraldo Apurina walks along a muddy footpath, past ...

Caboco on a fishing trip - Photo by Maximo Anderson

In a Brazil Where Worst Is Always Coming to Worst, These Men Stand Their Ground

Brazil has made headlines recently for almost entirely negative reasons — whether it is ...

Bronze sculpture of Zumbi dos Palmares, in Salvador, Bahia state

Palmares, Brazil’s Slave Rebellion, Still Going On 400 Years Later

The Quilombo dos Palmares was a nation of fugitive slaves, Indians, and a few ...

Cutting down the Amazon - SEMA

Bad Times Being Used as Excuse to Dramatically Increase Cutting Down the Amazon

From sweeping cuts of funds to protect forests, to the loosening of conservation of ...

Indians Kick Tear Gas and attack police with arrows - Wilson Dias/ABr

In Brazil, Guns and Tear Gas Are No Match for Indians’ Arrows

  Brazilian Indians defied police repression in Brazil’s capital city on Tuesday, as officers ...

Brazilian Indian Girl - Agência Brasil

On Indian Day, Brazil’s Guarani Are in Europe to Fight for Their Land

A global wave of protest organized by Survival International has called for a halt ...

A fisherman inspects the area of the new hydroelectric - Photo: Gustavo Faleiros

Once Expelled from Belo Monte, Brazil’s River People Are Back to Their Old Spot

All is not quiet on Brazil’s western frontier. Families that were displaced from their ...