Brazilian prosecutors and advocates for Indigenous people are suing to force electoral authorities to help voters in remote ...

Voters in Amazonas state will choose a governor and president in Sunday's runoff between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ...

Brazilian prosecutors and Indigenous organizations are pushing for transportation guarantees for Indigenous voters in ...

Indigenous communities in Brazil’s remote Javari Valley risk being unable to vote in the presidential runoff because long ...

Far-right presidential candidate is popular among those who believe more mining can help revitalise local economies ...

Brazil's Supreme Court has suspended an environmental permit for a major gold mining project in the Amazon rainforest.

Indigenous and environmental groups in Brazil are worried about the country's recent election results. They say far-right gains in Congress could threaten Indigenous peoples, who help protect ...

Researchers in the Brazilian Amazon found universal mercury contamination among members of the Yanomami Indigenous group living in a region awash in illegal gold mining, said a study published ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Xerente Indigenous people, part of a fire brigade formed by women, ignite fires as part of a controlled burn with dry palm leaves ...

Indigenous communities in Brazils Javari Valley say transport gaps may block voting in the Amazonas runoff after a court ...

Newswise — Throughout her career, Tracy Devine Guzmán, an associate professor of Latin American studies in the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences, has worked in several disciplines, but ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — It was a historic week for Brazil’s Krenak people, getting both literary esteem and an apology for dictatorship-era crimes — both firsts for the Indigenous people of the country. On ...