The Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) conducted a series of tests among Yanomami indigenous people in the state of Roraima in northern Brazil which detected the presence of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BOA VISTA, Brazil (AP) — Severe malnutrition ...

BOA VISTA, Brazil (AP) — From a distance, the small group lying on the sidewalk outside the city market could be confused with hundreds of homeless people spread through Boa Vista. But they are ...

“I’m in mourning because my people [are] dying … children are dying for nothing.” These are the words of Davi Kopenawa, author of “The Falling Sky” and a prominent leader of the Yanomami Indigenous ...

Shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami furrowed his brow as he stared out at the skyscrapers and buildings looming through the window of his oak-panelled hotel room in New York City. “I’m here, in the city of ...

Map of gold mining in the Yanomami Indigenous Land in December 2020 (Source: SMGI; Image courtesy of Hutukara Associação Yanomami and the Wanassedume Associação Ye’kwana via Courthouse News) RIO DE ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Brazil’s northern state of Roraima on Saturday after the government declared a public health emergency for the Yanomami people in ...

When illegal miners started invading their land seven years ago, many Yanomami felt helpless. How can you surveil a territory the size of Portugal in a remote area of the northern Amazon with no ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BOA VISTA, Brazil (AP) — From a distance, ...