Indigenous People Occupy the Nortao Hydroelectric Power Plant in Protest
Region: BrazilTranslated from Portuguese More than 50 Indians of ethnicities Arara and Cinta Larga, armed with bows, arrows and burduna, are camped out, this morning, at the Hydroelectric Energy (UHE) Dardanelles, Aripuanã, where they claim the company responsible for clearing the environmental impacts rights has not fulfilled its obligations. The captain of the military police, Anderson Luiz da Silva,... more
Views: 2193‘Worst Internet Provider in Brazil’ Award 2011
Region: Brazil
… and the ‘Worst internet provider in Brazil’ Award 2011 goes to… NET! The decision to award NET with this special prize wasn’t taken lightly. MyNewLifeInBrazil.com wanted to reward NET’s exceptional accomplishments in providing a service they are paid for and NET’s exceptional Customer Service. (read: Episode 71 & Episode 72 to understand…) ... more
Views: 1039McDonald's... McStress!
Region: BrazilThere are things in life we sometimes wish we never asked because their answers will inevitably bring even more questions. Down here, in Brazil, I have found three of these things, just by having dinner at McDonald’s yesterday night with my children. . MCDONALD’S LOWER STANDARDS I was shocked to discover (unfortunately, once again!) that the McDonald’s restaurants are pretty dirty in this... more
Views: 1396Yanomami Indians seize plane in health protest
Region: Brazil
Yanomami Indians in the Brazilian Amazon have captured an airplane used by health workers, in protest at corruption within the health service. The Yanomami are outraged by the nomination of a new indigenous health coordinator, who has little connection with indigenous peoples, and who is thought to be favoured for political reasons. Yekuana Indians have also joined the protest. In 2007 political appointees to ... more
Views: 1854Death threat from Shell supplier on Brazilian tribe’s land
Region: BrazilA Brazilian rancher supplying sugarcane to a joint venture partner of energy giant Shell has reportedly issued a death threat against a political opponent. José Teixeira, who is also a state deputy, is said to have recently warned a political rival that, ‘If it were up to me, you’d be under the ground.’ Teixeira is renting out part of his ranch for sugarcane production, even th... more
Views: 1032Tension mounts as Brazilian Indians retake land
Region: Brazil
A community of Guarani Indians in Brazil has retaken part of its ancestral land in an act of desperation, having lived by the side of a highway for a year and a half. The Guarani marched back to their land last week, unwilling further to endure the appalling living conditions they have been subject to on the roadside. The Indians of Laranjeira Nanderu community had their lands stolen from them in the 1960s, to... more
Views: 2256Santander Bank suspends funding for controversial Brazilian dam
Region: Brazil
Europe’s largest bank, Santander, has suspended its funding for Brazil’s hugely controversial Santo Antonio dam, citing environmental and social concerns. The decision is a serious blow to the project, one of a series of dams planned for the Amazon that have prompted protests in Brazil and around the world. Earlier this year, three indigenous leaders from the Amazon traveled to Europe to protest agains... more
Views: 1083Endangered uncontacted tribe to feature on Discovery Channel
Region: Brazil
The Discovery Channel will show unique footage of an uncontacted tribe on Sunday, April 17 (9pm, ET and PT) in the Grasslands and Jungles episode of the new, groundbreaking show Human Planet. The film shows an uncontacted tribe in the Brazilian Amazon, in never before seen detail. The BBC film crew used HD cameras and state-of-the-art techniques from a distance of over half a mile to capture the footage. ... more
Views: 1823Amazon tribe’s unique fishing ritual could be their last
Region: Brazil
The Enawene Nawe tribe of Brazil have begun their unique annual fishing ritual, amid fears that the 80 dams planned for the Juruena river basin are destroying their fish. The tribe’s extraordinary ‘Yãkwa’ ritual is recognized by Brazil’s Ministry of Culture as part of the country’s cultural heritage. But in 2009, for the first time, the ritual could not be practiced, as the tribe... more
Views: 1897Amazon Indians protest in London as judge blocks Brazil dam
Region: Brazil
Three Amazon Indians protested in London today against dams which threaten to destroy the lands and lives of thousands of tribal people. Ruth Buendia Mestoquiari, an Ashaninka Indian from Peru, Sheyla Juruna, a Juruna Indian from the Xingu region and Almir Surui of the Surui tribe in Brazil, are calling for three controversial dam projects in the Amazon to be halted. Brazil's state development bank BNDES is p... more
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