If done by paved roads, it would require deforestation of pristine areas of the Brazilian Amazon, but the federal government says it plans to prepare the Solimões River to move goods by boat up ...

Brazilian researchers are using laser technology to unearth a lost Portuguese colony and challenge long-held beliefs about ...

He now resides mostly in the nearby city of Peixoto de Azevedo for health reasons, but will be back on his home soil Friday to receive Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Raoni told AFP in ...

The Amazon River passes through Brazil, Columbia, Peru, and Venezuela, but Brazil holds the largest portion. Also known as the Solimões River, famously meets with the Rio Negro River to form the ...

You don't need a GPS to find the home turf of the Amazon's most famous resident, Brazilian Chief Raoni Metuktire ... is accessible chiefly by boat along the Xingu River, a tributary of the ...

Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Image via Neil Palmer/CIAT, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons ...

This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. At the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues — ...

You don't need a GPS to find the home turf of the Amazon's most famous resident, Brazilian Chief Raoni Metuktire ... is accessible chiefly by boat along the Xingu River, a tributary of the ...

is accessible chiefly by boat along the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon. Chief Raoni Metuktire is the world-famous face of the fight by Brazilian Indigenous communities for the survival of ...