Illegal miners extract billions in Amazon gold despite Brazil crackdown, Greenpeace finds

By Adriano Machado, Lais Morais and Ricardo Brito ITAITUBA, Brazil, May 29 (Reuters) - Billions of dollars worth of gold is ...

Chief Megaron: heir to the fight for Brazil's Amazon

On a hot afternoon deep in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, Indigenous chief Megaron soaps himself and enjoys a quick swim in the ...
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For the Kayapó, a Long Battle to Save Their Amazon Homeland

For more than four decades, Kokoró Mekranotire has watched with dismay as outsiders have laid waste to ever-larger swaths of his Kayapó homeland. Loggers, gold miners, farmers, and land grabbers have ...

Chief Megaron vows to take the legacy of Brazil's indigenous leader Raoni forward

By Lais Morais and Adriano Machado PYKANY VILLAGE, Brazil, May 28 (Reuters) - Chief Megaron Txucarramae, a 75-year-old leader ...