Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen University of Helsinki Member-at-Large of the SALSA Board 2020 - 2024 Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen received her doctorate in Latin American studies from the University of Helsinki in 2007. She has carried out fieldwork in southwestern Amazonia, especially with the Arawak-speaking Manchineri and Apurinã in...
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Saiba como ajudar indígenas e povos da floresta no combate ao coronavírus Iniciativas em todo o Brasil reúnem doações de produtos e fundos para comunidades e aldeias, mais vulneráveis a infecções respiratórias É hora de nos unirmos contra o Covid-19. Com o avanço do novo coronavírus no...
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[fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] SALSA Denuncia a Posição Radical da FUNAI no Brasil [/fullwidth_text] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] A Sociedade para a Antropologia das Terras Baixas de América do Sul (SALSA), uma organização acadêmica internacional composta por profissionais e estudantes, se une na denúncia enfática...
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Brazil using coronavirus to cover up assaults on Amazon, warn activists The Guardian 5-6-20 As the coronavirus pandemic eats its way into the Amazon, raising fears of a genocide of its vulnerable indigenous tribes, the government of the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, and its supporters are dismantling rules...
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Amazon Emergency Fund In Solidarity with Amazon Forest Guardians 5-6-2020 Support Rapid Response Grants for Urgent and Immediate Prevention and Care; Food and Medical Supplies; Emergency Communications and Evacuation; Protection and Security for Forest Guardians; & Food Sovereignty and Community Resilience Read the full article: https://www.amazonemergencyfund.org/...
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Temiendo un etnocidio, los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonia lanzan fondo de emergencia El Espectador 5-6-2020 Dada la inacción de los gobiernos ante la crisis humanitaria debido a la expansión de COVID-19, la Coordinadora de organizaciones indígenas de la cuenca del río Amazonas (COICA) lanzó un llamado global...
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