The waters of the Amazon rainforest are fast becoming ground zero in the battle between development and the environment. The Brazilian government wants to harness the hydroelectric power potential of ...

A member of the Amazon Cinta Larga tribe leads federal police to a massacre site in the Amazon Rainforest in 2004. AP One of Brazil’s largest diamond deposits exists in the territory of the Cinta ...

Pakyi and Tamandua are the final known isolated members of the Piripkura people. They are posing a tricky challenge for Brazil. Pakyi and Tamandua are the final known isolated members of the Piripkura ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous ...

Indigenous group Tupinambá de Olivença, numbering 4,631 people, has been fighting for the land to be designated as a reserve since 2003 LISBON/BRASILIA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - A Brazilian tribe that has ...

LAGO DO SOARES – Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon, looking out at the amber waters that are surrounded by a jagged shoreline that has been home for ...