Government declares emergency in Yanomami territory
President Lula visits Roraima after dispatching taskforce to assess health crisis caused by illegal miners. Sumaúma reveals 570 preventable infants deaths under Bolsonaro.
‘We are not even able to count the bodies’
Figures obtained by SUMAÚMA show that during Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right government, the number of children under 5 years old who died from preventable causes increased 29% in Yanomami territory: 569 young indigenous children died in the last 4 years from diseases that are treatable
Police probe links between Amazon destroyers and insurrectionists
President Lula and Minister of Justice suggest agribusinesses may have funded the insurrection. In testimonies to police, arrested coup-mongers reveal they received money from Bolsonaro supporters in Pará, Rondônia and Mato Grosso
To understand why coup-mongers are afraid of Lula 3, look at the Amazon
In the wake of the rampage by Bolsonaro supporters in Brasilia, SUMAÚMA examines why the new government's focus on the rainforest and other biomes has spurred a violent and illegal backlash
Ten films to (start to) understand the Amazon
From harrowing tales of forced contact to a failed capitalist scheme to build a resource-supplying city in the forest, here is a sample of cinematic Amazonian destruction and beauty
Lula 3: A fresh start for the Amazon?
After the birth of a new government in Brazil, SUMAÚMA examines the baby steps and giant strides it has taken for the rainforest and its people
Census takers under fire over neglect of indigenous groups
Institute of Geography and Statistics is given five days to explain why no helicopters have been procured to survey three remote areas, risking the omission of 15,000 people
Exclusive: Bolsonaro government set to erase indigenous communities from 2022 Census
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics lacks resources to survey three indigenous areas, which will impact government policies for a decade
Voting a low priority for Brazil’s growing ranks of hungry
Food insecurity has worsened since 2016. Sumaúma visits The Chuvisco Favela, in São Paulo’s South Zone, for a snapshot of a country where six in ten people do not have adequate access to food
‘The plan to end mining in the Yanomami Land is done, we just need to say, Let’s do it‘
Government forestry analyst confirms it is possible to end illegal activities in six months, but only if the authorities take effective action.
