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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
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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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    Major River Mobilization from the Amazon Arrives at COP30

    More than 200 boats carrying Indigenous, riverine, and social movement leaders occupied Guajará Bay in a historic act for the Amazon and climate justice. Chief Raoni Metuktire reminded the world of a simple truth: “The forest lives because we are here. If they remove the people, the forest will die with them.”

    “The presence of Indigenous Peoples at COP30 is very important, but the struggle doesn’t end here."

    November 12, 2025
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    Indigenous Peoples Intercept Soy Barges on the Tapajós River

    “There can be no real climate solution while Amazonian rivers are treated merely as grain corridors and the peoples of the Tapajós continue to be denied their right to free, prior, and informed consent.”

    The peaceful protest was a powerful statement from Indigenous and traditional communities about the impacts of Brazil’s grain export corridors on rivers, fisheries, territories, and local livelihoods.

    November 7, 2025
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    Ecuador’s Amazon Oil Plans Face Indigenous and Global Opposition

    Seven Indigenous nations denounce oil auctions amid state of emergency, as Amazon Watch warns of oil expansion plans and human rights risks during Climate Week in New York

    “Indigenous resistance, civil society mobilization, and growing international pressure will continue to expose these projects as illegitimate, unlawful, and unfinanceable.”

    September 25, 2025
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    New Report Released: In the Shadows of the State

    Illicit Economies and Armed Control in the Triple Border Region of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

    "Peace and security in the Amazon are impossible without Indigenous peoples at the heart of the solution."

    August 19, 2025
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    Indigenous Women March Against Ferrogrão Railway and “Devastation Bill” in Brazil

    Over 5,000 women march in Brazil’s capital to defend their territories and the Amazon ahead of COP30

    “This soy doesn’t feed our people. We don’t eat soy – it’s for export and corporate profit. Meanwhile, pesticides contaminate our water, our soil, and even the rain. It’s poisoning all of us, not just Indigenous peoples."

    August 7, 2025
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    Peru and Ecuador’s Crude Gamble Faces Indigenous Wall of Resistance

    Indigenous nations reject Boluarte’s announcement on binational oil pipeline between Petroperú and Petroecuador

    “Without our consent, this project has no legitimacy. Investors must be warned: any deal built on rights violations is built on quicksand.”

    July 31, 2025
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    From Climate Talks To Climate Backlash: Global Citizen NOW Becomes Platform To Oppose Brazil’s Anti-Environment Bill

    Indigenous and environmental leaders call on President Lula to veto Bill 2.159/2021 during international event at COP30 host city

    "Approving this bill would plunge the planet deeper into climate crisis. President Lula must veto it entirely – as an urgent act of leadership, of climate responsibility, and of defense for life and national sovereignty."

    July 24, 2025
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    Protesters Bring “Planet in Crisis” to COP30 Headquarters in Belém

    Demonstration marks the release of a political declaration by the “Mutirão dos Povos,” a coalition of Indigenous peoples, traditional communities, and social movements from across the Amazon

    “There is no Amazon without its peoples. The territories protected by our communities are the last strongholds against destruction.”

    July 23, 2025
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