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‘Doctors Have Science, We Have Wisdom,” Says Midwife Defending Her Work Inside the Amazon
The community of Deus é Pai (“God is our Father”) sits by the Tefé ...
How an Amazon Tribe in Brazil Took Control of Their Own Story and Escaped Covid
When the Uru-eu-wau-wau were first contacted in 1981, disease and death followed shortly thereafter. ...
Brazilian Indians Keep Their Culture Alive by Living in Big Cities
Leaning on the balcony railing at her rickety house, perched above the stairs and ...
Why Killings of Environmentalists and Indians Keep Increasing in Brazil: Almost Certain Impunity
When Jair Bolsonaro took office as president of Brazil at the start of 2019, ...
Here Starts the End of Brazil’s Amazon Forest. It’s Called BR-319 Highway
The BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) Highway was built in the early 1970s by Brazil’s military ...
Amazon Indians Fear Coronavirus Amid a Campaign to Convert Them to Christianity
Indigenous leaders in Brazil are acting to avert the devastating impact coronavirus could have ...
Amazon Threatened by Presidential Election. Brazil Might Follow Trump Out of Paris Agreement
Almost every Brazilian (91 percent) wants to get closer to nature, while 27 percent ...
