HIV reaches Yanomami in Amazon
Brazil’s National Health Foundation, FUNASA, has confirmed the first case of HIV amongst the Yanomami Indians in northern Brazil.
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Swine flu hits Yanomami in Brazilian Amazon
Two Yanomami men have contracted the swine flu virus, and it is suspected that a ten year old boy from the same community has also been infected.
Isolated Amazon Indians die in ‘swine flu epidemic’
Seven Yanomami Indians in Venezuela have died from an outbreak of suspected swine flu in the last two weeks. Another 1,000 Yanomami are reported to have caught the virulent strain of flu.
Davi Yanomami asks Brazil’s President to remove goldminers
Yanomami spokesman and shaman Davi Kopenawa met with President Lula this week and asked him to remove all the goldminers working illegally in the Yanomami territory in north Brazil.
‘Dalai Lama of the rainforest’ condemns Peruvian violence
A Yanomami Indian shaman from the Brazilian Amazon, dubbed ‘the Dalai Lama of the rainforest’, today denounced the violence in Peru during his visit to London.
'Dalai Lama of the rainforest' brings climate change warning to Britain
A Yanomami Indian shaman from the Brazilian Amazon, dubbed ‘the Dalai Lama of the Rainforest’, will journey to Europe in June to give a message to world leaders in advance of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December.
Yanomami give goldminers an ultimatum
The Yanomami of the community of Paapiú in the Brazilian Amazon are demanding that the authorities remove hundreds of illegal goldminers invading their land.
Illegal miners murder Yekuana Indian
Illegal goldminers shot dead a Yekuana leader and injured his son on Wednesday in the Brazilian state of Roraima.