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July

Comunidad asháninka Cushiviani afectada por COVID, alerta Chiricente (7-3-21)

July 30, 2021

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Comunidad asháninka Cushiviani afectada por COVID, alerta Chiricente Servindi 7-3-21 Luzmila Chiricente, reconocida líder asháninka y defensora de derechos humanos, informa que comunidad de Cushiviani combate el virus con escasos recursos. Su familia también está afectada. Ante el incremento de casos de COVID, la reconocida lideresa asháninka Luzmila Chiricente...

July

Perú: vacunación indígena avanza y temores se alejan (7-7-21)

July 30, 2021

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Perú: vacunación indígena avanza y temores se alejan Servindi 7-7-21 La vacunación contra la COVID-19 en población indígena de Perú, iniciada a mediados de junio, continúa avanzando y despejando temores en las regiones amazónicas del país. Indígenas de Loreto, Ucayali, Amazonas, Madre de Dios, San Martín, Pasco, Junín y...

June

Banks increased deforestation-linked investments by $8B during Covid-19: report (6-15-21)

June 21, 2021

In AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce, COVID-19 Lowland South America

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Banks increased deforestation-linked investments by $8B during Covid-19: report Mongabay 6-15-21 The world’s 50 largest financial institutions increased their investments in deforestation-linked commodity companies by more than $8 billion since the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report has found. Read more: https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/banks-increased-deforestation-linked-investments-by-8b-during-covid-19-report/...

June

Experiencing Covid-19 in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest (4-1-21)

June 11, 2021

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Experiencing Covid-19 in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest Natalia Buitron, Greg Deshoullière, and Maka Suarez (Kaleidos Collective) / Interactions 4-1-21 What is it like to experience Covid-19 in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest? We found out by speaking with a community of the Shuar, Indigenous people of Ecuador and Peru....

May

Study: Brazil government undercounts Indigenous deaths from COVID-19 by half (5-18-21)

May 26, 2021

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Study: Brazil government undercounts Indigenous deaths from COVID-19 by half Maurício Angelo / Mongabay 5-18-21 A new study shows that official records underreported COVID-19 deaths among Indigenous people in Brazil by half, and also substantially underreported total numbers of infections. A key factor in the problem is that...