Tag: indians
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 ...
Açaí, Brazil Nuts and Other Amazon Trees Are Only Abundant Thanks to Ancient Indians
Ancient indigenous peoples had a far more profound impact on the composition of the ...
Two Faces of an Amazon Family: Ruthless Speculator Father, Eco Dreamer Daughter
The father, Ariosto da Riva, was a notorious land speculator; his daughter, Vitória da ...
Brazil Is Losing Conservation Reserves. Mining Interests Seem to Be Behind the Move
New legislation in Brazil has been proposed to reduce or eliminate several Amazon conservation ...
Roads, Railways, Waterways, Dams: an Elaborate Plan to Kill the Amazon
The Amazon’s rivers once were sufficient for commerce, now international commodities traders want to ...
China’s Appetite for Soy Is Turning Brazil’s Amazon into a Shantytown
Over the last 40 years, the north of the state of Mato Grosso has ...
Brazil: The Day the Munduruku Found Out the Police Were Not Their Friend
The Tapajós River Basin lies at the heart of the Amazon, and at the ...
For Brazilian Indians the Bad from Rousseff’s Era Has Become Worse
In addition to being a politician and a constitutionalist lawyer, President Michel Temer is ...
900 Indians Have Been Killed in Brazil Since 2003
According to a report issued by Brazil’s Missionary Indigenous Council in Brasília, almost 900 ...
