Brazil

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Latin America is the Most Lethal Region in the World for Land Defenders

Avispa - 4 October, 2023

: In 2022, 80% of the assassinations of land defenders occurred in Latin America

South America

Indigenous protests in Brazil against violation of their land rights

Santiago Navarro F - 29 August, 2021

We’re conducting the biggest mobilization of our lives in Brasilia, because our future and all of humanity’s are on the line

South America

Brazil, with US SOUTHCOM, conducts military simulations near Venezuelan border

Santiago Navarro F - 21 October, 2020

Brazilian sovereignty, especially in the Amazon region, is also of interest to the United States. Top officers of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) were present at all of the exercises ..

South America

Brazil: Indigenous People Block Highway, Protesting Covid-19, Deforestation, and Railway Construction

Santiago Navarro F - 25 August, 2020

In 2017 U.S.-based agroindustrial giant Cargill announced it would compete in the tender with a block of other U.S. and Brazilian companies.

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South America

Perú: Indigenous People Declare Permanent Emergency, Twenty-Five Leaders Assassinated since 2020

Avispa - 23 July, 2024

Indigenous leader found dead with signs of torture after twenty-four days missing.

Special

Despite Organized Crime Violence, Indigenous Nahuas Celebrate Fifteen Years of Building Community in Xayakalan

Santiago Navarro F - 12 July, 2024

For the Indigenous Nahua woman Teresa, a community member of Santa María Ostula, the fifteen-year celebration is a celebration of life.

Central America

Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ Denounce Eviction Threats of New Communities in El Estor

Aldo Santiago - 11 July, 2024

Guatemala: judicial authorities and agroindustry companies pursue evictions of Indigenous communities around Lake Izabal.