Deep within the Amazon rainforest lives an Indigenous population whose history, traditions, and encounters with the outside ...

CARACAS, Nov 23 2004 (IPS) - When a Yanomami Indian dies, his or her name is not to be pronounced for some time, so as not to soil the memory of the deceased. This may be a problem if, for example, ...

Caracas, 9 September 2025 (PAHO/WHO).- A team of 14 health workers from the Ministry of Popular Power for Health (MPPS) set sail on 9 September from Puerto Samariapo in the Autana municipality of the ...

Enter the world of the shaman with the words of Davi Yanomami, the “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest”, and images taken by Claudia Andujar, winner of the Goethe Medal 2018 The spirit world is a ...

Aunque las encuestadoras cercanas al gobierno siguen arrojando una ventaja de 20 puntos porcentuales para una victoria aplastante de Hugo Chávez sobre Henrique Capriles Radonski el próximo 7 de octubr ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Illegal miners are adapting their tactics in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in Brazil’s Amazonas and Roraima states to evade efforts in the last ...

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's public prosecutor on Wednesday said it is investigating an alleged massacre of indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest, after a tribal group told the government that ...

SÃO PAULO – Pope Leo XIV has lent his support to the Yanomani people as they work with partners to recover from humanitarian crisis and attendant challenges in the Amazon. The pontiff sent a message ...

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I would like the white people to hear our words and dream about all they say: if the shamans’ songs stop being heard in the forest, white people will not be spared any more than we will Davi Kopenawa ...

BRASÍLIA — Illegal miners have adapted their tactics in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory as Brazilian authorities seek to remove all the illegal occupants from the Amazon land, according to a recent ...