Bia and Alê: “We’re not going to let Bruno and Dom die”
Beatriz Matos and Alessandra Sampaio met to talk about living and fighting for life one year after the brutal murders of their husbands
Bruno’s exemplary achievements with indigenous communities must be respected
As the one-year mourning period comes to an end in Javari Valley villages, Beto Marubo fears Bruno Pereira's work will be undermined by Congress
Anti-Marina politicians in Amapá spread disinformation over Amazon oil drilling plans
Deputies and senators in the state of Amapá have organized a public hearing to try to discredit the environment ministry’s decision to block exploration in the Mouth of the Amazon River. They allowed no counter-argument or scientific debate and left it too late for indigenous communities to build a consensus. Instead they hammered home a political message and campaigned for pro-drilling Randolfe Rodrigues to replace Marina Silva as Minister of the Environment and Climate Change.
“In mining camps, what’s between your legs isn’t yours—it has to make money”
SUMAÚMA publishes an exclusive story of a Venezuelan woman who came to Brazil at the age of twenty-seven after experiencing continuous violence in her home country. She spent time in 2021 and 2022 as a prostitute in five mining encampments in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory. Her memories and drawings, recorded in small notebooks, give voice to the stories of many women who balance the thin line between money and brutality.
If Lula sacrifices the environment, his government is over
Between heavy fire from a predatory Congress and friendly fire from the government leader in the Souse of Representatives, Marina Silva and the ministry she leads are suffering their first major attack. But it’s not just about Marina. It’s about our children and our existence on this planet-house.
Forest shields, an Indigenous movie theater, and other stories
A selection of news stories about the Amazon to be read in two minutes
Can Lula keep his promises to Indigenous peoples?
At the Free Land Camp in Brasilia, Brazil’s president stated that he “would not leave any Indigenous land without demarcation,” but so far, he has ratified only six of the 251 Indigenous territories now in the process, while he has inherited an agency of Indigenous affairs 1,200 employees short and is governing under enormous pressure from a Congress where the majority are anti-Indigenous
Pastures reach uncontacted territories, and other stories
A two-minute round-up of the best Amazon news stories on the Internet.
Femalize, indigenize, jaguarize: the indigenous language revolt
For 19 years, the annual Terra Livre encampment has been a fulcrum of Indigenous cultures and campaigns. This year, for the first time, activists in the movement are able to celebrate their presence in the centres of power and unveil a strategy for unifying politics in the form of an indigenous village. SUMAÚMA records this historic moment with pictures taken by our photographers Matheus Alves e Fernando Martinho
On the ground, it’s harder
The destroyers of the Amazon and of all the biomes are working together to keep their losses to a bare minimum under the new government and are already taking their first steps towards the 2026 election
