Global Issues

PIARAÇU DECLARATION  We, representatives of 45 indigenous peoples in Brazil, more than 600 participants, were summoned by chief Raoni to meet between January 14 and 18, 2020 in the village Piaraçu (Terra Indígena Capoto Jarina), with the objective of bringing together our forces and denounce that a political project of […]

Published on The Guardian, 2 Sep 2019, at: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/02/amazon-destruction-earth-brazilian-kayapo-people?CMP=share_btn_link You destroy our lands, poison the planet and sow death, because you are lost. And soon it will be too late to change For many years we, the indigenous leaders and peoples of the Amazon, have been warning you, our brothers who […]

SEE ALSO an interview with Cacique Raoni at: https://www.channel4.com/news/amazon-tribal-chief-world-must-do-more-to-save-the-amazon-rainforest   https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment-raoni/brazils-amazon-chief-raoni-tapped-for-2020-nobel-peace-prize-nomination-idUSKBN1VZ0FH BRASILIA (Reuters) – A group of Brazilian anthropologists and environmentalists has put forward Chief Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapó tribe as a candidate for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work protecting the Amazon rainforest. Raoni, an […]

Anthony Boadle Um grupo de antropologistas e ambientalistas do Brasil propôs a indicação do líder indígena Raoni Metuktire, do povo Caiapó, como candidato ao prêmio Nobel da Paz de 2020 por seu trabalho voltado para a proteção da Floresta Amazônica. Raoni, ícone dos povos indígenas da Amazônia, tornou-se internacionalmente conhecido […]