“Brazil emerges from these elections with a Congress that is even more aggressive toward Indigenous rights,” said the ...

We are at a decisive moment. The results of the first round showed that the threats to our territories and our rights may ...

Right-wing candidates made big gains in both houses of Congress in Brazil’s Oct. 4 general election. Brazil’s main Indigenous ...

Brazil history for newcomers: indigenous roots, Portuguese rule, slavery, empire, military rule and the road to the 25 October 2026 runoff.

Researchers in Brazil identified Limosilactobacillus fermentum CCMA 0205 from the indigenous beverage Yakupa as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Xerente Indigenous people, part of a fire brigade formed by women, ignite fires as part of a controlled burn with dry palm leaves ...

Researchers in the Brazilian Amazon found universal mercury contamination among members of the Yanomami Indigenous group living in a region awash in illegal gold mining, said a study published ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — It was a historic week for Brazil’s Krenak people, getting both literary esteem and an apology for dictatorship-era crimes — both firsts for the Indigenous people of the country. On ...

As wildfires sparked by El Nino smolder in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, Indigenous chief Waldemir da Silva voted for President ...

Indigenous groups held protests on Friday in Belém, blocking the main entrance to the restricted area at the UN Climate Summit (COP30) to demand that the Brazilian government halt extractive projects ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tereza Arapium, an Indigenous candidate running for a seat in the Rio de Janeiro state legislature, stamps leaves with her name ...

TOCANTINIA, Brazil — Fire began crackling like approaching rain on a recent morning in the Xerente Indigenous Territory in Tocantins in northern Brazil. But the Indigenous residents weren't afraid and ...