In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, over 400 miles (700 km) upriver from Manaus, two new pipelines are planned to expand oil and gas production from the Urucu and Jurua gas fields.
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Report from the Organizers of "Brazil, The Other 500" Indigenous March: BRAZIL: MILITARY POLICE VIOLENTLY REPRESS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DEMONSTRATION Video Documentation of Police Brutality Available
Porto Seguro, Brazil (April 22, 2000) – - Today the Indigenous, Black and Workers Movement united as "Brazil, The Other 500" experienced moments of terror.
POLÍCIA MILITAR REPRIME MANIFESTAÇÃO DOS POVOS INDÍGENAS COM VIOLÊNCIA
Os povos indígenas e o movimento popular do Movimento de Resistência Indígena, Negra e Popular "Brasil Outros 500" viveram hoje momentos de terror.
Thousands Participate in Indigenous March in Brazil in Protest of Official 500 Year Celebrations
April 22, 2000 marks the 500 year anniversary of the "discovery" of Brazil. To counter national celebrations, and to protest 500 years of violence against them, indigenous movements in Brazil are taking part in a historic March, culminating in a rally tomorrow.
Indians Protest Brazil Anniversary
Brasilia, Brazil (AP) - Hundreds of Indians marching in the capitalThursday destroyed a monument commemorating the500th anniversary of the discovery of Brazil by Portuguese explorers.Armed with bows and arrows, and wearing traditional war paint, some 400Indians paraded down the main avenues of the
Amazon Watch is building on more than 28 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Bought and Paid for Gore's Oily Family Friends, Bush's Profitable Harvard Connections and Other Stories You're Not Likely to Read about
Salon.com | Vice President Al Gore delivered a scathing speech back on Oct.
El gasoducto entre Bolivia y Brasil: Àun proyecto de desarrollo "estrella"?
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The Bolivia-Brazil Pipeline: "Model" Development Project?
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Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, Yanomami Indigenous Leader from Brazil
TO ALL WHO WISH TO HEAR METhe biggest problem for the Yanomami Indians now are the garimpeiro (goldminers) who are in our land, and the illnesses they bring with them. The government's National Health Foundation say that 1300 Yanomami had got malaria up until May this year.
