Indigenous protesters on Friday tried to prevent a public hearing on the construction of a railway that is planned to run through their lands to carry grains to a northern port in the Amazon. The 1,000-km (620-mile) Ferrograo railway is backed by farmers and grain companies who say it would reduce reliance on roads and lower costs for transporting soy from the farm state of Mato Grosso to the river ports in the Amazon basin. But Munduruku and Kayapo Indigenous communities say they have not been consulted on a project that will affect their environment and cause deforestation.
Brazil's Supreme Court resumed hearings Wednesday in a closely watched case on whether to restrict native peoples' rights to claim their ancestral lands, a key buffer against climate change.The Supreme Court began hearing the case in 2021, but has adjourned the proceedings several times.
To commemorate International Day of the World s Indigenous Peoples, young Indigenous Peoples are engaging in climate action, human rights and cultural conservation.
The army said in a statement that its soldiers were surrounded by more than 700 people preventing them from arresting a man wanted for the crime of aggravated homicide and fabrication, illegal carrying and possession of firearms
Indigenous protesters in southwestern Colombia took 16 soldiers hostage on Wednesday in retaliation for a failed attempt by the military to arrest a member