Gold miners bring fresh wave of suffering to Brazil’s Yanomami
By Ueslei Marcelino YANOMAMI INDIGENOUS LAND, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil is losing the upper hand in its battle to save the Yanomami Indigenous people, who …
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Brazil must take action to protect Amazon’s Yanomami permanently, police chief says
By Ricardo Brito and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Police action will not suffice to defend Yanomami territory in the Amazon from illegal gold miners, …
Brazil agencies launch raid against illegal gold miners in Yanomami lands
By Amanda Perobelli BOA VISTA, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil’s environmental and indigenous agencies have launched an enforcement operation in the Amazon rainforest to expel thousands …
Brazil official says Yanomami region looks like ‘concentration camp’
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s military should evict illegal gold miners who have caused malnutrition and starvation in a region of the Yanomami …
Brazil declares emergency over deaths of Yanomami children from malnutrition
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s ministry of health has declared a medical emergency in the Yanomami territory, the country’s largest indigenous reservation bordering Venezuela, following reports …