President Lula da Silva, who took office just over a month ago, is targeting tens of thousands of ore and gold miners in the territory of the Yanomami people in the rainforest.
By Julia Conley
Common Dreams
With Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warning his administration "will
The Supreme Court of Brazil ordered the Prosecutor s Office to investigate members of the Government of Jair Bolsonaro to determine their responsibility in the genocide of the Yanomami people.
Amnesty International is deeply saddened by the news of the killing of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips. We join their families, their partners Beatriz and Alessandra, and the members of the Observatório dos Povos Indígenas (OPI) and the União dos Povos Indígenas do Vale do Javari (UNIVAJA) in solidarity over the deaths of the British journalist and the Brazilian expert on Indigenous Peoples.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday said anything could happen in the case of a British journalist and a local expert on indigenous affairs who went missing Sunday in Amazonia s Javari Valley.