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Call on authorities in Brazil to protect the Guarani People
The indigenous Guarani community of Kurussu Ambá is at grave risk of violence and destitution unless the Brazilian government steps in to protect the Guarani and respect their land rights. On March 10 of this year, a local judge in Mato Grosso do Sul ordered the community's eviction, alleging that they were illegally occupying private [...]
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Brazil: Kayapo blockade heads into second month
It's been exactly one month to the day since a group of Kayapo set up a ferry blockade across the Xingu River in an ongoing protest against the controversial Belo Monte hydro dam. The Kayapo were dispatched to the site on April 22, the same day Brazil's government granted out rights to build the dam [...]
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Canada’s Goldcorp to be tried by the Permanent Peoples Tribunal
One of Canada's most notorious mining companies, Goldcorp, will be tried this week in Madrid, Spain, by the Permanent Peoples Tribunal (PPT). A group of NGO's have accused Goldcorp of violating the rights of the Mayan People in San Miguel Ixtahuacan, Guatemala, where the company is operating the Marlin gold mine. Frente de Defensa Miguelense, [...]
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Indigenous People issue warning of bloodshed over Amazon dam approval
Indigenous leaders have issued a warning that "bloodshed" is imminent now that Brazil has granted rights to build the controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Amazon. The Auction was rushed through on Tueday, April 22, following a set of court injunctions that blocked and then unblocked the auction process. About 500 Indigenous people, environmentalists [...]
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Join the Campaign in Defense of the Xingu River
The Brazilian Environmental Justice Network has launched an international campaign to demand President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva and other Brazilian authorities put an end to the controversial Belo Monte hydro-electric dam in Para state. Since it was first proposed in the 1980s, the Belo Monte hydro project has been at the forefront of numerous [...]
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Indigenous Guarani occupy FUNAI headquarters
While Guarani communities in Brazil continue to reclaim their lands and face even more evictions---one leading to the disappearance of two indigenous teachers on Oct. 29---two days ago, more than 50 Guarani People occupied the headquarters of FUNAI, Brazil's Federal Authority of Indigenous Affairs, in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul. The move [...]
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Second Guarani village burned in Mato Grosso do Sul
On the morning of Sept. 18, the Guarani community of Apyka'y was violently attacked by a group of ten armed men. One Guarani was injured after the men fired randomly toward their village camp, situated along the BR-483 highway in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Several others were "beaten with fists and knives". The attackers [...]
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