In Brazil's Amazon a COVID-19 resurgence dashes herd immunity hopes Anthony Boadle, Reuters 9-27-20 The largest city in Brazil’s Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain a fresh surge of coronavirus cases, a trend that may dash theories that Manaus was one of the world’s first...
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Brazil bars Doctors Without Borders COVID-19 help to indigenous villages Reuters 8-20-20 The Brazilian government has not allowed Médecins Sans Frontières to provide assistance to prevent and detect suspected cases of COVID-19 in seven villages of the Terena indigenous tribe in southern Brazil, the medical NGO said on...
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Indigenous Amazonians face ravages of the ‘invader’ virus Financial Times 8-17-20 It is the white man “who brought the disease to the indigenous peoples of the Amazon”, Joilson Karapanã told me bitterly. In June, the indigenous warrior from the Karapanã tribe embarked with his father, the village chief,...
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Indigenous protesters block key Brazil highway over country’s Covid-19 response France24 8-21-20 Armed with spears and bows, dozens of indigenous protesters in Brazil vowed Thursday to maintain a roadblock on a key highway until the authorities listen to their demands for help fighting Covid-19 and deforestation. Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/20200821-indigenous-protesters-block-key-brazil-highway-over-country-s-covid-19-response ...
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Entidades temem risco de genocídio entre indígenas isolados com avanço da Covid-19 e grileiros Mayara Subtil 8-4-20 Manifesto acontece após última aparição de um grupo de isolados em um sítio de Seringueiras, em Rondônia. 'A gente sabe que a história da nossa pátria amada idolatrada de pandemia é...
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Extinction Rebellion Activists Drench Trafalgar Square In Fake Blood Sarah Turnnidge 8-9-20 Extinction Rebellion activists have drenched Trafalgar Square in fake blood as part of a demonstration highlighting the impact of Covid-19 on indigenous people in Brazil. Joining protesters around the world, campaigners from the environmental group – as...
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