SAO PAULO (AP) — An Indigenous group in Brazil said Wednesday its members detained 12 people for allegedly mining illegally in the Amazon and handed them over to police. The non-profit Urihi ...
On Sunday night, Rio de Janeiro surrendered to the festivities of its legendary carnival. The city's Sambadrome was dyed in every possible colour with the parades of samba schools. But one of them ...
A teenager from an isolated Amazonian tribe who tested positive for Covid-19 has died, raising concerns about the coronavirus' impact on the region's indigenous people. The 15-year-old boy, a Yanomami ...
BRASILIA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Brazilian government's effort to evict illegal gold miners from the Yanomami Indigenous reservation in the northern Amazon has stalled with outsiders increasingly ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Carnival dancers took the biggest stage in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night with their faces painted red in a traditional Indigenous manner, while percussionists had “Miners out” ...
Davi Kopenawa, a Yanomami shaman, listens to reporters’ questions during a press conference after his meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday. Kopenawa, a Yanomami shaman, said he came ...
The Hutukara Yanomami Association, an indigenous group in Brazil, released a report for the year 2023 on Friday that assessed initiatives undertaken by the Brazil federal government to improve living ...