SURUCUCU, Brazil, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Brazil has almost squashed the illegal gold rush that led thousands of wildcat miners into the Yanomami reservation in the Amazon rainforest and caused a ...

PALIMIU, Brazil—As two helicopters from Brazil’s environmental agency Ibama and the police landed in a clearing in the heart of the Amazon, the hard-bitten men who make a living illegally panning for ...

Brazil said Wednesday a first case of the new coronavirus had been detected among the Yanomami people, an Amazon indigenous group known for its remoteness and its vulnerability to foreign diseases.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Illegal miners are adapting their tactics in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in Brazil’s Amazonas and Roraima states to evade efforts in the last ...

SÃO PAULO – Pope Leo XIV has lent his support to the Yanomani people as they work with partners to recover from humanitarian crisis and attendant challenges in the Amazon. The pontiff sent a message ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In addition to being a shaman, 68-year-old Kopenawa is a political leader active in denouncing the gold miners who illegally invaded the Yanomami ...