Brazil

The world

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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Mexico

Tzeltal Political Prisoners File Appeal for their Immediate Freedom

Aldo Santiago - 25 September, 2024

Tzeltal human rights defenders accused of homicide have filed an appeal demanding their immediate freedom.

Mexico

Already Failed Dam Project Being Revived in Oaxaca to Address Water Crisis

Sare Frabes - 23 September, 2024

Attempt being made to revive an already failed dam project to combat the water crisis in Oaxaca.

Mexico

Social Organizations Warn of a New Surge in Violence in the Highlands of Chiapas

Sare Frabes - 27 August, 2024

Hundreds of Tsostil families flee their communities due to increasing violence between armed groups in the highlands of Chiapas