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Brazil cracks down on Amazon ‘land traffickers’
Authorities in Brazil arrested several members of a criminal "land trafficking" gang described as "the greatest destroyers" of the Amazon rainforest.
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‘Massacre’ evidence on Peru’s Amazon borderlands
Rare video footage of the "first contact" with an isolated indigenous band near the Brazil-Peru border has emerged—along with accounts of horrific violence against the group.
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Gunmen threaten to assassinate Yanomami leader
Davi Kopenawa, shaman and internationally renowned spokesman for Brazil's Yanomami people, has demanded urgent police protection following a series of death threats.
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Ethnic cleansing on Peru’s jungle border
Highly vulnerable "uncontacted" indigenous bands who recently emerged in the Brazil-Peru border region told neighboring tribes that they were fleeing violent attacks in Peru.
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Brazil: ‘imminent’ threat to isolated peoples
Officials in Brazil warn that isolated indigenous groups in the Amazon face imminent "tragedy" and "death" following a rash of sightings in the remote area near the border with Peru.
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Brazil: Canadian gold mine loses license
More problems for Latin America's "Gold Rush": while controversy continues over the Belo Monte dam, a nearby gold mine is blocked by a judge.
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Venezuela: Amazon indigenous protest mining law
Venezuela's Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of Amazonas (COIAM) issued a statement rejecting a government decree to expand mining in the rainforest region.
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Peru: no justice five years after Bagua massacre
On the fifth anniversary of the Bagua massacre, Amnesty International called on Peru's authorities to ensure that all suspected of criminal responsibility are brought to justice.
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Amazon mega-dams: ‘hydrological experiment’?
A new report counts 412 hydro-electric dams to be built across the Amazon basin and its headwaters, portending the “end of free-flowing rivers” and potential “ecosystem collapse.”
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Ecuador nixes vote on Yasuni oil drilling
Ecuador's National Electoral Council turned down a petition for a referendum on plans to open Yasuni National Park to further oil exploration—as activists protest "fraud."
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Police close ‘militia’ following Guarani murders
Brazilian police closed down a notorious security firm contracted by ranchers that is accused of killing at least two Guarani leaders, and brutally attacking hundreds more.
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Peru: Shawi indigenous leader assassinated
Emilio Marichi Huansi, a traditional chief of Peru's Shawi people, was assassinated days before a community meeting he had called to discuss titling the group's ancestral lands.