Disaster looms for indigenous Amazon tribes as COVID-19 cases multiply (6-15-20)

Disaster looms for indigenous Amazon tribes as COVID-19 cases multiply Scott Wallace, National Geographic 6-15-20 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...

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Indigenous peoples guard ‘the lungs of the planet’ for all of us (6-16-20)

Indigenous peoples guard 'the lungs of the planet' for all of us Alnoor Ladha, Felipe Viveros, Al Jazeera 6-16-20 On January 14-18, representatives from 45 Indigenous communities gathered in the small village of Piaracu, in the Xingu Basin of the Amazon, to mobilise against the anti-environmentalist rhetoric and devastating "pro-development"...

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Mulheres e Crianças migrantes: vulnerabilidades e formas de resistência na pandemia (6-16-20)

Mulheres e Crianças migrantes: vulnerabilidades e formas de resistência na pandemia Brasil Plural 6-16-20 O GEMA – Grupo de Estudos Migratórios na Amazônia – da UFAM e o INCT Brasil Plural convida para uma conversa sobre “Mulheres e Crianças migrantes: vulnerabilidades e formas de resistência na pandemia”, o...

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Brazil failure to protect indigenous

SALSA Letter to Brazilian authorities on failure to protect the health and safety of Indigenous population (6-15-20)

SALSA Letter to Brazilian Authorities On Brazil’s failure to protect the health and safety of Indigenous population during the COVID-19 pandemic 15 June 2020 Português Español [pdf-embedder url="https://salsa-tipiti.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/PIAC-Brazil-Covid-19-Response-June-15-2020.pdf" title="PIAC Brazil Covid-19 Response June 15 2020"]   ...

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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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