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Tears of joy after Brazil's Supreme Court makes milestone ruling on Indigenous lands
1 year, 3 months ago

Tears of joy after Brazil's Supreme Court makes milestone ruling on Indigenous lands

The Independent  

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Indigenous people in Brazil shed tears of joy as the Supreme Court enshrines their land rights
1 year, 3 months ago

Indigenous people in Brazil shed tears of joy as the Supreme Court enshrines their land rights

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Indigenous people celebrated Thursday after Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled to enshrine their land rights, removing the imminent threat those protections could be rolled back. The lawsuit put at risk the status of Brazil’s hundreds of Indigenous territories, said rights group Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, known by the Portuguese acronym Apib. Francisco Cali Tzay, the …

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Man kills four children in axe attack at Brazilian daycare
1 year, 8 months ago

Man kills four children in axe attack at Brazilian daycare

Al Jazeera  

The attack took place in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina and left multiple children dead and injured. A man armed with a small axe has attacked a daycare in southern Brazil, killing four young children in a tragedy that Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called a “monstrosity”. Once inside, he killed four children estimated to be between …

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Brazil cannot afford to let Bolsonaro off the hook
2 years ago

Brazil cannot afford to let Bolsonaro off the hook

Al Jazeera  

“I have nothing to do with your son’s eye. You won’t go through here.” This is what a supporter of Brazil’s outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro told a desperate father begging him to end the roadblock between the central Brazilian cities of Sorriso and Cuiabá so that his nine-year-old son would not miss a crucial surgery to repair his cornea. Since …

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South America's unknown ancient path
2 years, 6 months ago

South America's unknown ancient path

BBC  

South America's unknown ancient path Catherine Balston Connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, a 4,000km trail created by indigenous people over millennia is now beginning to reveal its mysteries to the world. "The Caminho de Peabiru was the most important transcontinental road in Pre-Columbian America, connecting people, territories and oceans," said Dr Claudia Parellada, a Brazilian archaeologist who has published …

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For Mexico’s president, the future isn’t renewable energy — it’s coal
3 years, 8 months ago

For Mexico’s president, the future isn’t renewable energy — it’s coal

LA Times  

Juan Manuel Briones was 14 when he started working in the coal mines in this remote stretch of northern Mexico. “Coal is what we live from.” López Obrador’s devotion to fossil fuels and rejection of cleaner energy at a time when most nations are moving in the opposite direction has dismayed environmentalists, who warn that Mexico will be unable to …

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