Amazon mega dam delayed following protests 3 December 2009The go-ahead to build the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, planned for the Xingu river in the Brazilian Amazon, has been delayed following protests by Indians and objections by local and international organisations.
Supreme Court ruling could threaten Indians’ land 3 April 2009Brazilian Indians are concerned that the ‘small print’ of last month’s Supreme Court ruling on the Raposa-Serra do Sol indigenous territory could jeopardize Indian land rights.
Missionary film leads to people 'hating Indians and wishing them dead' 19 March 2009To mark the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, Survival is accusing the makers of a controversial film of inciting racial hatred against Brazilian Indians.
Experts denounce Amazon Indian cannibalism reports as 'false' and 'slanderous' 19 February 2009World experts on the Amazon tribe accused of killing and eating a white settler cast doubts today on the authenticity of the accusations. The tribe’s supposed cannibalism has been reported by media all around the world.
Indians invade press office at World Social Forum 12 February 2009Indians from the Javari Valley, one of the largest indigenous territories in Brazil, invaded the press office at the World Social Forum held in Brazil at the end of January.
Indigenous leaders' inauguration 22 January 2009In the month the world saw the inauguration of the first African-American as president of the United States, two indigenous leaders were inaugurated as mayor and vice-mayor of a town in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
International tribunal tells Brazilian government to halt dam project 31 October 2008The Latin America Water Tribunal has ruled that the Brazilian government should halt plans to dam one of the main tributaries of the Amazon, because of the effects the dams would have on indigenous people.
