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July 01, 2019 | InfoAmazonia

Bullet Ant Ritual: Indigenous Group Prepares to Reoccupy Land (Portuguese)

Sue Branford

In February, a team of journalists traveled to the Amazon to spend time with the Sateré-Mawé, documenting their culture and their longstanding conflicts with mining companies and land thieves. Their series of reports examines the new threats posed to the Sateré and Indigenous groups throughout Brazil in the face of President Jair Bolsonaro's pro-ruralist policies.

June 25, 2019 | El Pais

Drica: Defending Territory for Future Generations Means Resistance (Spanish)

Francesc Badia I Dalmases and Pablo Albarenga

Drica is responsible for an association of six communities of African descendants facing the destruction of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. Drica's story is the third in the series 'Rainforest Defenders,' which presents five young leaders in the fight to save forests.

June 20, 2019 | Open Democracy, Democracia Abierta

Ednei: This Is Maró Indigenous Land

Francesc Badia i Dalmases and Pablo Albarenga

The communities of Brazil's Amazon face challenges due to aggressive agribusiness activities encouraged by the new Bolsonaro regime. This series features five young leaders who defend the forest and its territory. In this chapter: Ednei.

June 12, 2019 | El Pais

A Life Against Hydroelectric (Spanish)

Luna Gámez and Caio Mota; Photos by Pablo Albarenga

Indigenous and coastal communities of southern Brazilian Amazon are mobilizing to prevent the invasion of more than 138 hydroelectric plants in the Juruena River basin that would aggravate the deforestation rates of the region.

June 11, 2019 | El Pais

Bolsonaro Against the Maró Indigenous Land (Spanish)

Francesc Badia

The communities of the Brazil's Amazonian face challenges due to aggressive industrial activities, today encouraged by the new government. This series features five young leaders who defend the forest and its territory. In this first chapter: Ednei.