It was once the cattle farm of a former congressman, but now his stately house in the western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul is a burned-out shell. Thatch huts are being built in the shade of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Lawmakers in Brazil approved a proposal that opponents argue will gut Indigenous land rights and environmental protection. The fast-track approval highlights the strength of Brazil's ...

Loggers were killed last year after entering Mashco Piro territory in Peru's Amazon, with Indigenous leaders warning that ...

* Indian supporters celebrate decision * Critics say ruling impedes progress By Raymond Colitt BRASILIA, March 19 (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court upheld the creation of a native Indian reservation ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's government should hear native Indians before deciding on the construction of a controversial $17.3 billion hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, rock ...

Brazil’s largest Indigenous organization has launched the country’s first Native-led strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Aug. 9.

Ana Luiza Peterlini, a prosecutor in Mato Grosso, Brazil, said that the state is investigating if corn ethanol plants burn wood ...

SAO PAULO — Brazil’s government on Monday began removing thousands of non-Indigenous people from two native territories in a move that will affect thousands who live in the heart of the Amazon ...

Soulfly leader Max Cavalera has revealed that he and Deftones singer Chino Moreno once buried the master tapes of his band’s ...