By Guilherme Rosa; translated by Benjamin Blocksom |
21/12/15
Wearing a red-feathered headdress, torso painted in black swirls, with microphone in hand, chief Juarez Saw made a bold declaration: “The [Brazilian] government is coming here to get rid of everything — the natives, the forest and the river.” He was addressing 230...
Text by: Ana Aranha; translated by: Holly Holmes. Photos by: Márcio Isensee e Sá |
12/11/15
Gliding through the waters of the Xingu River in Pará, between white sand beaches and four-story trees, the contrast is intense when the boat approaches an island shrouded in smoke. The ground, covered by a thin layer of white powder, is still hot. There are no trees...
Piero Locatelli |
13/10/15
The Teles Pires hydroelectric power plant, built in the Amazon rainforest on the border of Mato Grosse and Para, will begin generating energy while trees rot in its reservoir. The debris, consisting of branches and logs from chestnut, mahogany, and other tree species,...
Repórter Brasil |
21/09/15
The preliminary order granted by Brazil’s Supreme Court preventing the federal government from disclosing the ‘dirty list’ of slave labor in late 2014 remains in place. As a result, Repórter Brasil and the Institute of the National Pact for Eradication of Slave Labor...
