Police arrest health officials for fraud
Federal police in Brazil arrested 35 people suspected of misappropriation of funds from the National Health Foundation, FUNASA, in the state of Roraima yesterday.
News from the Yanomami
Yanomami leader - Britain must sign international law
Brazilian shaman Davi Yanomami today delivered a letter to 10 Downing Street calling on the UK government to ratify ILO Convention 169, the key international law on tribal peoples.
Brazilian shaman’s visit – ‘Buying rainforest won’t save it’
Visit to London by a renowned leader from Brazilian Amazonia throws spotlight on schemes to ‘buy the rainforest’.
Amazon Indian leader travelling to UK: ‘Our people are dying, and so is the planet’
A revered Amazon Indian leader from Brazil is coming to Europe in October with a heartfelt plea to stop disease wiping out his people.
Indians speak out against mining on their land
Indian leaders in Brazil are voicing their opposition to a draft law which if approved will allow mining in indigenous territories. Davi Yanomami spoke recently to a Survival researcher by telephone.
Supreme Court upholds genocide ruling
Brazils highest court, the Federal Supreme Court, yesterday upheld the conviction of genocide against four goldminers who murdered 16 Yanomami Indians in 1993.
Yanomami commit suicide
Four Sanuma Indians in northern Brazil have committed suicide since last August. Suicide is virtually unheard of amongst the Sanuma, one of the four groups which make up the Yanomami tribe.
Yanomami invade National Health Foundation as health deteriorates rapidly
On 23 and 28 November, Yanomami Indians invaded the offices of the National Health Foundation FUNASA in Boa Vista to demand that it resume health care to the Yanomami in their communities.