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MAB Leaders in Pará are Freed
Four leaders of the Dam-Affected Peoples' Movement will be freed this week from a high-security prison in Belém where they...
Brazil Struggles with Amazon Balancing Act
Brazil has been attempting to balance the rights of the indigenous people of the Amazon with the demands of economic...
Death Toll Rises in Brazilian Dam Failure
The death toll from the rupture of Algodões I Dam has risen to seven, with at least three other people...
Fatalities as Northeast Brazilian Dam Bursts
Algodões Dam in northeast Brazil, weakened by weeks of heavy rains, burst yesterday afternoon, leaving the city of Cocal da...
Fear and Loathing at Tucuruí, Part Two
The Brazilian government is tightening the screws on anti-dam protestors. The Movement of Dam-Affected People (MAB), unable to engage the...
Fear and Loathing at Tucuruí
The brutal murder of a union leader who fought on behalf of those whose lives were ruined by Tucuruí Dam...
Pronunciamiento de los Ashaninka del rio Ene sobre la Hidroelectrica de Pakitzapango
Las comunidades Ashaninka de la Cuenca del Río Ene de los Distritos del Río Tambo y Pangoa, Provincia de Satipo,...
Declaration by the Ashaninka Communities of the Ene Valley on Pakitzapango Dam
The Ashaninka communities of the Ene Valley, in the districts of Rio Tambo and Pango, Province of Satipo, Junin, Peru,...
Raposa Serra do Sol: Pyrrhic Victory for Indigenous Peoples in Brazil?
Brazil's Supreme Court recently issued a decision confirming the demarcation of 4.2 million acres for indigenous peoples in the Raposa...
Bolivian Activists Arrested, Threatened with Deportation for Protesting Madeira Dams
Four Bolivian activists, representatives of farmers and womens' organizations in the Pando border region, were arrested today by Federal Police...