Yanomami Tag

Indigenous leaders angry about coronavirus risk from Brazilian military visit (7-3-20)

Indigenous leaders angry about coronavirus risk from Brazilian military visit Reuters 7-3-20 Leaders of an isolated indigenous Yanomami community in Brazil have complained that a military mission to protect them from the coronavirus brought greater risk of infection to their people through contact with outsiders including journalists. Read more:...

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Saúde Yanomami denuncia à PF conflito entre indígenas e garimpeiros em Roraima (6-23-20)

Saúde Yanomami denuncia à PF conflito entre indígenas e garimpeiros em Roraima Emily Costa, Kátia Brasil, Amazônia Real 6-23-20 O Conselho Distrital de Saúde Indígena Yanomami e Y’ekuana (Condisi-Y) está apurando uma denúncia de conflito armado, na manhã do dia 14 de junho, entre indígenas e garimpeiros na...

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‘We are facing extermination’: Brazil losing a generation of indigenous leaders to Covid-19 (6-21-20)

‘We are facing extermination’: Brazil losing a generation of indigenous leaders to Covid-19 Don Phillips 6-21-20 As Brazil’s confirmed overall death toll from Covid-19 passes 50,000, the virus is scything through the country’s indigenous communities, killing chiefs, elders and traditional healers – and raising fears that alongside the...

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Amazon gold rush: illegal mining threatens Brazil’s last major isolated tribe (6-25-20)

Amazon gold rush: illegal mining threatens Brazil's last major isolated tribe Simon Scarr, Anthony Boadle 6-25-20 Illegal gold mining activity has risen sharply over the last five years in Brazil’s indigenous Yanomami reservation in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, a Reuters review of exclusive data from satellite images...

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