Groups of Brazilian indigenous people block roads and occupy government buildings, calling for better healthcare in their communities. full story ![]()
About 700 Brazilian Indians are occupying part of the lower house of Congress to protest a proposed amendment that would give Congress a say in the demarcation of indigenous territory.
nytimes.com (2 months and 3 days ago)
About 700 Brazilian Indians are occupying part of the lower house of Congress to protest a proposed amendment that would give Congress a say in the demarcation of indigenous territory.
foxnews.com (2 months and 3 days ago)
About 700 Brazilian Indians are occupying part of the lower house of Congress to protest a proposed amendment that would give Congress a say in the demarcation of indigenous territory.
miamiherald.com (2 months and 3 days ago)

Brazilian police surround a building near Rio de Janeiro's Maracana football stadium in an apparent bid to evict a group of indigenous protesters.
bbci.co.uk (2 months and 28 days ago)

A Brazilian indigenous man in his thirty is shot dead during a police operation on disputed land in the south-western state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
bbci.co.uk (18 days ago)

A man from the Guarani-Kaiowa ethnic group is shot dead in an area disputed by cattle ranchers near an indigenous reserve in western Brazil.
bbci.co.uk (4 days ago)

Watch a clip about the 1960s group of Brazilian artists and musicians who defied their military government by forming a cultural collaboration that took their protest to the world stage
guardian.co.uk (5 days ago)
Brazilian indigenous rights activists say the number of Indians killed in Latin America's biggest country has been rising since 2002. The Roman Catholic Church-backed Indigenous Missionary Council says 452 Indians were killed between 2002 and 2010 compared to 167 killed between 1995 and 2002. The council says conflicts between ranchers and Indians account for most of the...
foxnews.com (9 days ago)

Indigenous Brazilians use the web to spread the word of a protest
bbci.co.uk (12 days ago)
Brazil's government says more than 100 protesting Indians are expected to abandon the offices of the federal indigenous affairs agency and return to their villages Wednesday. The chief administrative officer of the Brazilian presidency says 140 Mundurucu Indians occupied the offices of Funai on Monday to protest the construction of a huge hydroelectric dam in the Amazon...
foxnews.com (6 days ago)
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Hundreds of protesters in Brazil clash with riot police near Rio de Janeiro's Maracana football...
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