2,202 days after the fact, we finally learn the councilwoman was assassinated for the same reason as the martyrs of the Amazon
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
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
In answer to the government’s call almost one century ago, their ancestors came to the rainforest, where they made their homes, married Indigenous women, and raised families, but today a negligent State treats them like invading land grabbers. Joelmir Silva, a member of this traditional forest community, did an investigative report to bring these people out of their invisibility
River-journalist Sara Lima uses her deep knowledge of the Xingu to imagine how water-dwellers suffer from the hydroelectric dam that is choking the Volta Grande region. The story is told in graphic form through a character, Pacu Seringa, who represents life on the river.
As a police net closes in on the former president, candidates are jostling to secure his endorsement by downplaying last year’s attempted coup
Genocide and catharsis meet in the alliance between the urban community of Salgueiro and the Yanomami forest
For eight years, Norte Energia, the hydroelectric plant’s concessionaire, has refused to make good for damages and disruption to residents’ way of life in the Rio Iriri, Riozinho do Anfrísio, and Rio Xingu Extractive Reserves
The Lula administration has failed to save Yanomami lives
What we’ve witnessed, what we’ve faced, what has happened, and what’s to come