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    Indigenous Protest Enters Second Week as Brazil Faces Pressure Over Amazon Waterway Decree

    Munduruku leaders join growing Indigenous blockade against Amazon River dredging and privatization

    On the 13th day blockading Cargill’s grain terminal in Santarém, Indigenous protestors are demanding in-person dialogue with Brazil's federal government, following its failure to send representatives to a meeting last week.

    February 4, 2026
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    Amazonian Indigenous Blockade of Key Cargill Terminal Reaches One Week

    For the past week, Indigenous peoples representing 14 ethnicities from the Lower and Middle Tapajós River region have blockaded facilities operated by agribusiness multinational Cargill in Santarém, protesting industrial interventions designed to accelerate agro-commodity exports. 

    January 29, 2026
    4,831 views
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    2026: A Year of Decision for the Amazon

    The Amazon has reached an ecological tipping point. What happens in 2026 will help determine whether climate justice remains possible or becomes an empty slogan.

    January 27, 2026
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    6 min read

    Hope Is a Practice: 30 Years Walking With the U’wa People

    In a time of repression and daily outrage, where do we find hope? For nearly 30 years, the U’wa people of Colombia have shown the world what spiritual, cultural, and political resistance looks like. Their struggle continues, and so does our commitment.

    January 13, 2026
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    Indigenous Leadership and Collective Power in 2025

    As climate denial gained renewed political traction and governments moved to restrict civic space, Indigenous peoples and grassroots movements across the Amazon advanced bold, collective visions for the future.

    December 26, 2025
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    Small Steps Made, Big Leaps Needed: JPMorgan Chase Reveals Policy Shifts

    World’s largest fossil financier responds following Indigenous-led bank advocacy against fossil fuel expansion in the Peruvian Amazon

    The changes fall far short of what is needed to prevent violations of Indigenous peoples' rights and to halt large scale destruction of critical ecosystems like the Amazon biome.

    December 19, 2025
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    Ecuador Rejects Militarization and Backs Call for Accountability

    President Noboa's defeat in the national referendum comes after weeks of mobilization and repression

    By rejecting Noboa’s militarized reforms, Ecuadorians chose solutions that protect life and dignity instead of policies based on repression.

    December 9, 2025
    8,739 views
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    “It’s Not Safe to Live Here.”

    Colombia is deadliest country for environmental defenders

    Associated Press | “We have to continue defending the future, and we need more and more people to join this cause.”

    December 8, 2025
    7,264 views
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    This Is What True Climate Leadership Looks Like

    Indigenous women and the grassroots Amazonian movement carried COP30 on their shoulders

    “We’re very happy that our lands advanced in the demarcation process, but there are so many lands that still need to be recognized and demarcated in Brazil.”

    December 4, 2025
    9,683 views
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    Ecuadorians Vote Down Noboa’s Extractive Agenda

    The results of a recent national referendum delivered a major victory for the Amazon

    This victory belongs to the people of Ecuador. It is a reminder that democratic power still matters, even in times of crisis. But it is also a beginning, not an end.

    November 20, 2025
    8,402 views
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    JPMorgan Chase Quietly Adds Restrictions to Fossil Fuel Financing in the Amazon Rainforest

    At COP30, experts acknowledge this step and underscore the need for a policy that fully ends financing to oil and gas in the Amazon

    “Years of steadfast organizing under the leadership of Amazonian Indigenous peoples have successfully pressured JPMorgan, the world’s largest fossil financier, to take a crucial step towards recognizing Indigenous and human rights."

    November 13, 2025
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