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, 2013Topic
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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
Belo Monte Dam Work Resumes: Daily
The Supreme Court on Monday declared that work could resume on the controversial Belo Monte dam, overturning a lower court’s...
August 30, 2012
Brazil Court Orders Halt on Belo Monte Dam
A federal appeals court has ordered construction to stop on the controversial Belo Monte dam, citing insufficient consultation with indigenous...
August 21, 2012
Amazon Gets Support From +Unidos
The +Unidos Group has joined and expanded a program to preserve biodiversity in the Amazon run by USAID.
November 22, 2011
Protest at Belo Monte Dam Site in Brazil
Activists, indigenous leaders, fishermen and local residents, gathered to stage a peaceful protest at the site of the Belo Monte...
November 1, 2011