Tag: Sonia Guajajara

• Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Brazilian indigenous women staging 3-day march for equal rights

  

  Brazilian indigenous women convened in the capital of South America's largest country to march for equal rights and demand a land demarcation together with the end of illegal mining, Agencia Brasil reported Monday.

• Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Garimpeiros leave Yanomami land before armed forces takeover

  

  Illegal miners known as garimpeiros are beginning to leave the lands of the Yanomami indigenous peoples after a federal raid to evict them was announced by President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara told reporters Sunday.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Amazon native peoples call on EU parliament to protect their communities in Brazil

  

  The European Union should consider sanctions for companies that source materials from protected Brazilian forest reservations and native lands, an indigenous community representative said.