Brazil’s coronavirus numbers have skyrocketed, with a record number of cases and deaths almost every day. On Wednesday, the country registered 32,000 new infections and more than 1,200 deaths ...

Lula promised to create the Indigenous cabinet department during his presidential campaign. On Jan. 1 he returns to power, having previously governed Brazil from 2003-10.. The appointment of ...

Their bodies painted black, dozens of members the Brazil’s Guarani Mbya tribe lift their hands and sing a mourning song for hundreds of felled trees beside their village. They weep, chant and ...

According to Indigenous rights organization Survival International, "The Man of the Hole" was one of the few survivors of a series of attacks against his tribe that started in the 1970s.

Far from hospitals and often lacking basic infrastructure, Brazil’s indigenous people are dying at an alarming rate from Covid-19 with little help in sight.

An Indigenous woman marches with a sign that reads in Portuguese "More fish, less mining," during the 20th annual Free Land Indigenous Camp in Brasília, Brazil, April 23, 2024.

Half of Brazil’s 300 Indigenous tribes have confirmed infections. Members of the Kayapo tribe block the BR163 highway during a protest outside Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil on Aug. 17, 2020.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s government on Wednesday tapped a former Christian missionary to oversee the protection of isolated Indigenous tribes in Brazil, prompting an outcry among ...

Item 1 of 4 Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva joins the indigenous people Free Land camp, to express support for their claims, in Brasilia, Brazil, April 12, 2022.

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, however, has not prioritized the forest's protection. While land regulations meant that deforestation fell 83.5% between 2004 and 2012, after Bolsonaro took power ...

The "Man of the Hole" lived in isolation and resisted contact for decades after the rest of his tribe was massacred. His death precedes Brazil's elections, where Indigenous rights are on the ballot.