Welcome to Itaituba, the gold laundering capital of Brazil
Amidst an explosion in illegal mining operations in the Amazon, a city on the banks of the Tapajós River has become a major beneficiary and facilitator
Ferrogrão: Tribunal Popular condena a estrada de ferro que vai cortar a Amazônia
O julgamento, que colocou um saco de soja da Cargill no banco dos réus, mostrou que o megaprojeto do governo brasileiro só beneficia grandes corporações transnacionais e aproxima a maior floresta tropical do planeta do ponto de não retorno
Where there are no votes, there are no schools
For more than 20 years, traditional forest communities and residents of extractive reserves in the Amazon have fought for the right to a decent education, but politicians and government agencies have paid little heed
Where there are no votes, there are no schools
For more than 20 years, traditional forest communities and residents of extractive reserves in the Amazon have fought for the right to a decent education, but politicians and government agencies have paid little heed
Norwegian and French companies turn Barcarena into a city of environmental disasters
The Amazonian municipality has had nearly 30 accidents in two decades, 16 of them connected to Norway’s Norsk Hydro and France’s Imerys, and residents fear contamination from heavy metals and a 636% spike in cancer cases from 2000 to 2022
