Opinion: The Curmudgeon’s CK Syndrome
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon begs leave of his readers, particularly those in or...
November 3, 2016Topic
Indians
Indigenous Games to Start in Brazil’s Amazon Region
Thousands of indigenous people from at least 22 countries around the world are gathering to compete in the 2015 Indigenous...
October 21, 2015
Rousseff to Sign Demarcation of Indigenous Lands in Brazil
More than 1,500 indigenous descended up on Brasilia last week to protest the delays in demarcation of indigenous territories.
April 20, 2015
Indigenous Groups Occupy Ranches: Daily
Indigenous activists have reoccupied a number of ranches in Mato Grosso do Sul, in a long-running dispute over territory they...
June 4, 2013
Brazil Indians Occupy Belo Monte Dam Site
As indigenous groups on Tuesday began their sixth day of occupying the Belo Monte dam, the government accused Indian leaders...
May 7, 2013
Rio Police Clash with Native Indians: Daily
Police and Indian squatters along with protesting supporters clashed during evacuations at abandoned Museu do Índio next to Maracanã Stadium...
March 24, 2013
Standoff at Old Indian Museum in Rio
Police units confronted a squatter community of indigenous Brazilians in the conflict over what was the Museu do Índio (Indian...
January 15, 2013
Guarani-Kaiowá Eviction Order Overturned
A Brazilian federal court ruled that a group of 170 Guarani-Kaiowá ethnic Indians can remain on a one-hectare plot of...
October 30, 2012