Tag: land conflict
Builders of Railroad in Brazil Call It Progress. The Price Is Too High Say Locals
It happened eight years ago: Elicarlos Ferreira da Silva and his family were returning ...
The Fear of Being Killed Is Not Enough to Deter Those Fighting for Justice and Land in the Amazon
Fernando dos Santos Araújo woke up alongside his love, Bruno Pereira Gomes, on May ...
Land Invasions More than Double in Brazil. Majority of Victims Are Indians
Land conflicts in Brazil hit 1,576 cases in 2020, the highest number ever recorded ...
They Call Themselves Green, But Palm Oil in the Amazon Means Deforestation and Human Rights Violations
Guided by an Indigenous leader, we drove down dusty roads in the Turé-Mariquita Indigenous ...
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, ...
For the Military, the Brazilian Indian Is a Savage and an Obstacle to Progress
The media portrayal of Brazil’s annual fire season — which in 2020 is trending ...
Big Agribusiness Threatens Livelihood of 400.000 Coconut Breakers in Brazil’s Cerrado
Every September for half a century, Maria Antônia Trindade Mendes has started the babassu ...
Five Environmental Activists Murdered in Brazil in Three Weeks
Another rural worker, Obede Loyla Souza, 31, the father of three children, was assassinated ...
Brazil’s Catholic Church Blames Government for Environment Activists’ Killing
A Brazilian official from the Catholic social action group, Pastoral da Terra – CPT, ...
