AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce

URGENT APPEAL! COVID-19 is choking the Kanamari Indigenous people of the Vale do Javari, in Brazilian Amazonia (6-11-20)

URGENT APPEAL! COVID-19 is choking the Kanamari Indigenous people of the Vale do Javari, in Brazilian Amazonia AKAVAJA 6-11-20 The Kanamari (who call themselves Tüküna) of the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory ask for your help to obtain the necessary resources to remain in their villages during the...

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CARTA AL MINISTRO VÍCTOR ZAMORA: Desde las 4 Cuencas se solicita activar y adecuar urgentemente intervenciones de emergencia COVID-19 (6-8-20)

CARTA AL MINISTRO VÍCTOR ZAMORA: Desde las 4 Cuencas se solicita activar y adecuar urgentemente intervenciones de emergencia COVID-19 PUINAMUDT 6-8-20 Desde las organizaciones indígenas de las cuatro cuencas FEDIQUEP (Federación Indígena Quechua del Pastaza), FECONACOR (Federación de Comunidades Nativas del Alto Corrientes), ACODECOSPAT (Asociación Cocama de Desarrollo...

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Disaster looms for indigenous Amazon tribes as COVID-19 cases multiply (6-12-20)

Disaster looms for indigenous Amazon tribes as COVID-19 cases multiply Scott Wallace 6-12-20 With the coronavirus spreading into remote territories across the Brazilian Amazon, indigenous leaders and rights officials are pleading with the government to adopt urgent measures to head off a catastrophe. According to figures compiled by the...

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‘Vamos fazer lockdown na aldeia’: governança indígena e desgoverno (6-11-20)

‘Vamos fazer lockdown na aldeia’: governança indígena e desgoverno Carlos Fausto 6-11-20 A covid-19 começou como uma doença de ricos, mas se espalhou seguindo a topologia da desigualdade brasileira. E, nesse quesito, os indígenas se juntam aos mais pobres, entre os quais não apenas se observa um...

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