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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMiners out, COVID out: Brazil’s Yanomami fight backThe Yanomami people in the Brazilian Amazon have been fighting the plague of extractivism for decades. Then the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationHow oil, cocaine and armed conflict threaten the survival of the Awá people'In our territories, the entry of different people and companies exploiting resources is advancing'
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationTucupi, a spicy sauce to stop Amazon deforestationIn the Colombian Amazon, Indigenous women are planting chillies to end their communities' reliance on the cattle...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIn the Colombian Amazon, Indigenous people resist threats to their territoryCommunities are trying to make their voices heard as mining companies and illegal prospectors eye up the region’s...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureThe Amazonian Indigenous communities fighting 'balsa wood fever' and COVIDThe extraction of balsa wood is a plague spreading through the Ecuadorian Amazon, and loggers have brought the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWe're hiring: fellowship focused on the Brazilian AmazonApply to be part of openDemocracy's Latin American section and develop an investigative project on the Amazon and...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationDozens of anti-LGBT groups fundraising on Amazon despite equality pledgesRevealed: Online shopping giant – whose profits have soared during COVID-19 – has given a platform for many US...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaErasmo Theófilo: Amazon defender in danger
Erasmo Theófilo, a family farmer and defender of the riverine community and family farmers of Anapu, Brazil, has...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWhat would a state-owned Amazon look like? Ask ArgentinaCorreo Compras promises to benefit workers, consumers and sellers, and could even use big data for the public good.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Covid-19 smoke curtain grows in Latin AmericaThe Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged Latin America during the last nine months. The region has suffered a severe...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaJosé Gregorio: Either we preserve the Amazon rainforest, or the planet will take revengeFor José Gregorio, an indigenous from the Colombian Amazon region, training young people to fight for the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBrazil burns as we fight for lifeThe international community can help Brazilians by monitoring the unfolding of the environmental crisis and the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAmazon heroes who don't give upThe Guardians of the Forest, a group of indigenous Guajajara in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, struggle to defend...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNothing has changed and the Amazon burns againData suggests an Amazon fire season worse than 2019's, which shocked the world. So what are international investors...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe profound silence of the Kuruaya: Extractivism accelerates cultural extinction in BrazilOdete Kuruaya is the last fluent speaker of her people's native language. Her culture, nearly decimated in the early...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPetrobras alone cannot support the Amazon Fund. It needs other donorsWithout Norway and Germany, Petrobras stands as the only collaborator, responsible for only 1% of contributions.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe survival of the Amazon is at stakeAdvised by policymakers, CEOs, cultural icons and elected Indigenous leaders, research panel led by Carlos Nobre,...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazil’s coronavirus Hunger Games: Indigenous communities and their struggle for survivalThe health threat to Indigenous peoples cannot be analysed in a context apart from the Bolsonaro administration's...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCovid-19 has already affected 93 different indigenous nationsThere are now almost 7,000 cases of Covid-19 in the entire Amazon basin, totalling to 639 official deaths. Português Español
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAs the pandemic continues to accelerate, so does the deforestation of the AmazonAs Covid-19 accelerates in Latin America, now the global epicentre of the pandemic, the fierce extractivism agenda...
