Photo: "The Brazilian State is the main vector of the pandemic among Indigenous Peoples in Brazil." Image courtesy of Eloy Terena's Instagram account.
By Edson Krenak Naknanuk (CS Consultant)
By Edson Krenak Naknanuk (CS Consultant)
By Edson Krenak Naknanuk (CS Consultant)
"The Amazon is dirty, our rivers and fish are contaminated, everyone is sick. We no longer feel safe in the forest, in our home.” -- Alessandra Munduruk, Munduruku Mother
The Yanomami, Munduruku, and Kayapo Peoples share how the Bolsonaro government is worsening their situation and threatening the forest and human rights in Brazil in this three part article series. Part one focuses on Yanomami Peoples.
By Edson Krenak Naknanuk
Displacement and human rights violations have become a tool to punish the Quilombola Peoples’ identity and reinforce structural racism and impoverishment. This article denounces the Brazilian State’s violations against Quilombola Peoples, known in English as Maroon Peoples, which are part of a wider strategy for demographic reengineering on Indigenous and Quilombola lands for attaining political and economic interests.
By Laura R. Graham, Edson Krenak, and Linda Rabben
By Edson Krenak Naknanuk
Ceará Association FEPOINCE - Tremembé and Suruí Peoples (Brazil)
By Edson Krenak Naknanuk
[WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 2020] -- Brazil has blocked an Indigenous woman from addressing the Organization of American States Permanent Council during the O.A.S. Inter-American Week for Indigenous Peoples (August 5-12, 2020). We condemn this deplorable, dangerous act.
By Edson Krenak Naknanuk
Sr Jair Bolsonaro
Presidente
Praça dos Três Poderes, Palácio do Planalto
Twitter: @jairbolsonaro
Caro Senhor Presidente e Senhores Ilustres,
June 10, 2020
Sr. Jair Bolsonaro
President
Praça dos Três Poderes, Palácio do Planalto
Twitter: @jairbolsonaro
Dear Senhor Presidente and Distinguished Sirs,
By Laura R. Graham