A year ago, President Lula promised to put an end to illegal gold mining, which was damaging the health of the local population. But after evictions in early 2023, mining activity has resumed, owing to a lack of continuity in public action.
Experts have warned that an acute health crisis is ravaging the Yanomami people in Brazil’s northern Amazon, one year on from a major government operation intended to rid the area of illegal goldminers. Figures from the official health service in .
Brazil’s Senate has opted not to call for a genocide charge against President Jair Bolsonaro, a week after the death of two Indigenous children in an Amazonian reserve being invaded by illegal miners. The move by members of the upper house of Congress was made public on Oct. 19, with senators citing “doubts” that any […]
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