Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds
Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence ...
How diamond mining has re-shaped an Amazon tribe’s worldview: ‘Environmentalists will be disappointed by this’
Since then Brazil’s now $700m+ diamond industry has moved into the territory, completely changing the indigenous peoples’ way ...
Inside the ‘lost’ tribe of indigenous Amazonians charged with mass-murder of white treasure hunters
It was April 7, 2004, and Nacoça Pio was one of the first to learn of the bloodbath. A leader of the Cinta-Larga — an ...
Brazil's Amazon Sees Surge in Violence as Gangs Expand Presence: Report
According to a new report, organized criminal gangs have expanded their presence in over a third of municipalities in Brazil's rainforest region.
Indigenous mining complicates Brazil's fight against illegal gold
The involvement of Indigenous people in illegal gold hunting, lured by the prospect of easy money due to record prices, has ...
‘Lost’ tribe charged with mass-murder after 26 slaughtered in bloodbath
The Cinta-Larga — who, legend has it, once shadowed an Amazon expedition led by Theodore Roosevelt in the early 20th century ...
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