Ethnic

Indigenous chief Merong Kamakã Mongoió led a group settled in Brumadinho. Photo: Alenice Baeta

Officially Brazilian Indigenous Leader Killed Himself. It Was Murder, Say Friends

Indigenous chief Merong Kamakã Mongoió, who was found dead in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, on ...

Fisherman Dil Maiko Marinho stands by a felled tree in an area claimed by Cargill in Xingu Island, Brazil. Photo taken August 12, 2023. Thomson Reuters Foundation /André Cabette Fábio

Amazon Residents Accuse US Cargill of Threatening Their Rights and Way of Life

For centuries, riverside communities, including the “quilombola” descendants of enslaved Africans who escaped from ...

Indigenous people show a deforested area inside the Amazon rainforest REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Brazil’s Anti-green Ultra-conservative Legislature Is a Threat to the Amazon

Brazil’s stewardship of the world’s largest tropical forest has long ignited acrimony. If frontier ...

An indigenous man participates in a modeling exercise run by Conexsus in Mato Grosso, Brazil - Conexsus/Handout

Rich in Forests, Brazil Is Trying to Build a Strong Bioeconomy

Alongside the Brazilian Amazon’s vast soy and cattle ranching economy – a major driver ...