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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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    Rubio’s Regional Tour Doubles Down on Failed Militarized Approach to the Amazon

    Amazon Watch statement on Marco Rubio's trip to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

    “The Trump administration’s hyper-militarized approach to addressing ‘narco-terrorism’ in the Andean-Amazon region is likely to fail, while exacerbating violence against communities caught in the crossfire.”

    September 10, 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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    Amazon Watch is building on more than three decades of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.

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    Political Declaration of Puyuk from the Pan-Amazon Social Forum (FOSPA)

    Today, August 20, 2026, we come together in the city of Puyuk to denounce three years of non-compliance with the popular consultation to leave oil in the ground. The Yasuní mandate calls the peoples of the Pan-Amazon together at this XII FOSPA.

    August 20, 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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    Indigenous Communities and Social Movements Unite Against Mining in Ecuador’s Amazon

    The action, held on the Jatunyaku River in Napo, formed part of the official program of the XII Pan-Amazonian Social Forum under the banner “Adoke Öme – One Territory, Free from Extractivism.”

    On the Jatunyaku River, community representatives unfurled two banners bearing the messages that have echoed for years: "Water is life” and "Love the Amazon."

    August 19, 2026
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    Mandate of the Indigenous Peoples and Nations

    Political, Economic, and Social Agenda for the Amazon Basin

    We, the Indigenous Peoples and Nations, preexist the creation of States. Since ancestral times we have inhabited, governed, and protected our territories, exercising our own forms of government, knowledge, and life. Our collective, territorial, and self-determination rights do not originate from State recognition, but from our existence as Peoples.

    August 18, 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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    Bay Area Communities Mark 13th Annual Anti-Chevron Day

    Investor votes on Indigenous rights and human rights due diligence resolutions underscore escalating scrutiny of Chevron’s global operations

    Shareholders, Indigenous leaders, human rights defenders, and environmental justice advocates converged on Chevron's Annual General Meeting today.

    May 27, 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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    Bay Area Communities Mark 13th Annual Anti-Chevron Day

    Community organizations, environmental justice advocates, and international frontline leaders will gather across the Bay Area next week for the 13th annual Anti-Chevron Day, May 13-17, 2026, culminating in a major public festival and march in Richmond.

    May 12, 2026
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    Indigenous Peoples Call on U.N. Action as Organized Crime Expands Across the Amazon

    Indigenous leaders who gathered at the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues are demanding a decisive shift away from failed militarized responses toward rights-based approaches that center Indigenous territorial governance, autonomy, and community-led security systems in efforts to confront organized crime. They warn that current state responses are not only insufficient but, in many cases, actively deepen violence and insecurity in their territories.

    Indigenous leaders who gathered at the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues are demanding a decisive shift away from failed militarized responses toward rights-based approaches that center Indigenous territorial governance, autonomy, and community-led security systems in efforts to confront organized crime.

    May 11, 2026
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    Amazon Watch and Allied Organizations Release Landmark Report on Amazon Crime

    In the context of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Amazon Watch, together with allied organizations, presents the first report to analyze how illicit economies and repressive government responses threaten the rights, territories, and physical and cultural survival of Indigenous peoples.

    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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