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Indigenous people dance during the 20th annual Free Land Indigenous Camp in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, April 22, 2024. The 7-day event aims to show the unity of Brazil's Indigenous peoples in their fight for the demarcation of their lands and their rights. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

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Indigenous groups gathering in Brazil's capital to protest president's land grant decisions
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE - Associated Press
Mon,04/22/24-3:34PM , 106 Reads
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of Indigenous people began gathering in Brazil's capital on Monday for what was expected to become a protest against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's unfulfilled promises to create reserves and expel illegal miners and land-grabbers from their territories.
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The main entrance of the meat processing company JBS is visible in Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Some lawmakers and environmental groups are opposed to JBS being listed on the New York Stock Exchange, arguing that expanded capital would allow the company, responsible for much deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, to do even more harm. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

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Bid by meatpacker JBS to join New York Stock Exchange faces opposition over Amazon deforestation
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE - Associated Press
Thu,01/18/24-3:00AM , 113 Reads
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — In recent weeks, lawmakers in the United States and the United Kingdom have sent letters to the Securities and Exchange Commission cautioning against the listing of JBS, the world's largest meatpacking company, on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Jose Alves de Morais maneuvers a boat, in Carauari, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A Brazilian non-profit created a model for land ownership that welcomes both local people and scientists to collaborate in preserving the Amazon. "This is something that doesn't exist here in the Amazon, it doesn't exist anywhere in Brazil. If it works, which it will, it will attract a lot of people's attention," Morais, a resident, told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

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In the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists try new approach against deforestation and poverty
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE
Mon,05/22/23-7:20AM , 266 Reads
CARAUARI, Brazil (AP) — In a remote corner of the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists are trying to succeed where a lack of governance has proved disastrous. They're managing a stretch of land in a way that welcomes both local people and scientists to engage in preserving the world’s largest tropical forest.
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This frame, which was removed from Cartier's website, features an image of four Yanomami children playing in a lush green field while at the top of the page are links to purchase high-end jewelry. The French luxury jewelry brand said it was working to promote the culture of the Indigenous people and protect the rainforest. But the project that the site described never took place, and Cartier took down the photo when contacted by The Associated Press. (Cartier via AP)

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Cartier uses images of Amazon tribe devastated by illegal gold mining. Critics call that hypocrisy
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE - Associated Press
Mon,05/15/23-7:03AM , 354 Reads
BOA VISTA, Brazil (AP) — Until two months ago, Cartier’s website showed Yanomami children playing in a green field.
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