Brasil: murió uno de los principales líderes indígenas de la Amazonía afectado por coronavirus NODAL 5-15-2020 El principal líder indígena de la ciudad de Manaos, capital del estado brasileño de Amazonas, el cacique Messías Kokama, murió víctima del coronavirus y su comunidad lo despedía sin poder rendirle todos...
Read MoreSupport Xavante Communities in their COVID-19 Response Cultural Survival 5-15-20 A’uwẽ-Xavante in Brazil are particularly at risk for COVID-19 because of high rates of diseases that represent significant co-morbidity factors. Studies indicate that A’uwẽ-Xavante have the highest incidence of diabetes of any ethnic group in Brazil. They...
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A’uwẽ-Xavante Leaders Denounce Bogus Consultations Regarding 3 Hydroelectric Dams Demand halt to Commercial Transport on Federal Highways during COVID By Laura R. Graham, with collaboration from Edson Krenak Naknanuk 5-13-20 A’uwẽ-Xavante leaders from the Xavante Indigenous Territories of São Marcos, Areões, Pimentel Barbosa and Sangradouro denounce the consultation process concerning...
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Vidas indígenas y Covid-19 APIB 5-12-2020 Los primeros días de mayo han sido extremadamente difíciles para los pueblos indígenas. La pandemia del Covid-19 crece cada día en todo el Brasil y nos afecta violentamente, hermanos indígenas, pues nos encontramos entre los grupos vulnerables para esa enfermedad. Nosotros, de...
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Faleceu Feliciano Lana, artista Desana On May 12, 2020, the master of the Desana people, Feliciano Pimentel Lana, died in the São Francisco community, on the Tiquié River, in São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brasil), with symptoms of respiratory failure. Illnesses and deaths have been reported since...
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Mapa da pandemia local: relatos indígenas sobre a COVID-19 na Amazônia Gilton Mendes (entrevista por Juana Valentina Nieto) Brasil Plural, 13 Maio 2020 [iframe src="https://brasilplural.paginas.ufsc.br/antropologia-na-pandemia/mapa-da-pandemia-local-relatos-indigenas-sobre-a-covid-19-na-amazonia/" width="100%" height="700"] Ilustração: Jaime Diakara (Desana)...
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