Lula government efforts with Yanomami called ‘more propaganda than effective action’
Veteran aid worker Doctor Cláudio Esteves, who succeeded in reducing malaria in the 1990s, decries today’s humanitarian crisis and illegal mining in Yanomami territory despite a year of government operations to eradicate the problems
Gold mining profiteers take no risks and don’t muddy themselves
Mining operations are sponsored by filthy-rich criminal organizations, and the technological transformations that boost productivity are accelerating deforestation and the destruction of ways of life
The non-indigenous problem
Capitalism seems eager to kill everything, down to the very last jaguar. To burn everything, down to the very last macaw. To topple everything, down to the very last kapok
Video: two women joined by the war for the Amazon
SUMAÚMA brought together Bruna e Alê, the widows of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, to talk about life after losing their husbands in a brutal and still unpunished murder
Don’t talk to us about ‘governability.’ That excuse is bathed in blood
President Lula must resist efforts in Congress to diminish environmental governance. The Chamber and the Senate are dominated not by conservatives, but by predators. They are on the wrong side of the war against nature.
Don’t talk to us about ‘governability.’ That excuse is bathed in blood
President Lula must resist efforts in Congress to diminish environmental governance. The Chamber and the Senate are dominated not by conservatives, but by predators. They are on the wrong side of the war against nature.
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
“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.
Narco-miners challenge government in Yanomami territory
In a single week, at least 14 people were murdered inside the indigenous territory, including a member of Brazil’s largest criminal organization – First Capital Command (PCC). In retaliation, the faction has sent out a message telling its members to target police and federal agents.
