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    Juma Xipaia Denounces Canada’s Belo Sun Mining Corp in New York Event

    Prominent Brazilian Indigenous leader protested Amazonian mega-gold mine during a Climate Week NYC action as Brazil’s Supreme Court weighs ruling over the future of the project; Leonardo DiCaprio promotes a video on Indigenous resistance to Belo Sun

    “Listen to the Indigenous peoples who are saying no to this project of death,” said Juma Xipaia, founder of Instituto Juma.

    September 23, 2026
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    Three Years After Ecuador’s Historic Yasuní Vote, the Oil Still Flows

    Three years after Ecuadorians voted to keep Yasuní’s oil in the ground, extraction continues, threatening Indigenous Peoples living in isolation and a historic climate precedent

    The Waorani people took to the streets of Puyo to mark the three-year anniversary of Ecuador's historic Yasuní referendum and protest the government’s failure to carry out the will of voters.

    September 22, 2026
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    Rio Mural Honors Women Defending the Amazon’s Rivers

    Yesterday, I participated in the inauguration of a monumental new mural in Rio de Janeiro celebrating Indigenous, Quilombola, and riverine women who defend the Amazon’s rivers and territories.

    September 1, 2026
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    Monumental Rio Mural Celebrates Women Defending Amazon Rivers

    The 30-foot Rio de Janeiro mural symbolizes the struggle of Indigenous, Quilombola, and riverine women to defend Amazonian rivers from industrial threats

    “When I look at these three women – Indigenous, riverine, and Quilombola – I also see a message about where many of the answers to the climate crisis lie: in the territories and in knowledge that generations have passed down.”

    September 1, 2026
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    Amazonian Communities Move To Protect Tocantins River Fish Nursery

    Community-led heritage declaration and federal petition aim to protect a unique and biodiverse 43-kilometer rocky ecosystem threatened with destruction in 2027

    “We learned to fish by knowing every rock, every eddy, and every path through the Pedral. You cannot separate our lives from the Pedral do Lourenção.”

    August 20, 2026
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    Belo Sun’s Reported “Legal Victory” Does Not Resolve Key Disputes Over Amazonian Gold Project

    Brazilian court decision dismissed a duplicative claim without ruling on Indigenous consultation, environmental assessments, tailings-dam safety, or ongoing legal challenges related to Indigenous rights and public land access on the Xingu River’s Volta Grande.

    “Belo Sun has an established pattern of making questionable statements to investors about the standing of its mega-mine, both concerning its legal standing and level of standing with affected communities.”

    August 4, 2026
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    They Delivered Justice, Not a Favor

    The Remanso Massacre was not an isolated act. It is part of a wider pattern of violence sweeping across the Colombian Amazon and the tri-border zone where Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador converge.

    July 10, 2026
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    Brazil’s Supreme Court Approves Reduction of Amazonian Park, Paving the Way for Megarailroad

    Despite the ruling, the Ferrogrão “grain railway,” backed by U.S.-based Cargill, remains stalled without an environmental license and continues to face major legal and regulatory challenges

    Brazil’s Supreme Court upheld a law reducing the size of the Jamanxim National Park, allowing the Ferrogrão railway project to move closer to environmental licensing.

    May 22, 2026
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    Brazilian Court Mounts Pressure on Canadian Mining Companies Operating in the Amazon

    Court of Appeals rulings reinforce Indigenous claims concerning lack of consultations while prohibiting government agencies from representing Canadian interests in legal proceedings

    “Waking up to this news brought us extreme happiness. Every victory, small or large, strengthens our work even more."

    May 21, 2026
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    Hope and Action To Phase Out Fossil Fuels

    Traveling back to Bogotá from the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, I struggled to name a feeling I had never experienced after a climate conference: hope!

    May 12, 2026
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    A New Gold Rush Threatens the Amazon

    Whenever gold returns to the center of global geopolitics, the Amazon comes back into the crosshairs. The war between the United States and Iran has put the metal back on the radar of markets, investors, and the extractive industry.

    May 6, 2026
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    Indigenous Leaders Bring Amazon Crime Crisis to the UN

    As militarized responses fail, Indigenous territorial governance proves vital

    An urgent message is traveling from the Amazon to the United Nations. This week, Amazon Watch will accompany a delegation of Indigenous leaders from Peru and Ecuador to New York for the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).

    April 20, 2026
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    Major Indigenous Protest in Brazil Targets Belo Sun Gold Mine Project

    Thousands of Indigenous people marched in Brazil’s capital yesterday, during the second day of the 2026 Free Land Camp (ATL), the country’s largest Indigenous mobilization, to denounce land rights violations driven by large-scale mining, agribusiness, and logging projects.

    April 8, 2026
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