Tag: Yanomami

Saturday, April 6th 2024 - 11:16 UTC
Brazil: Mercury detected in Yanomami people's hair samples

The Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) conducted a series of tests among Yanomami indigenous people in the state of Roraima in northern Brazil which detected the presence of mercury in 84% of the hair samples taken from them in October 2022, Agencia Brasil reported this week. These findings were linked to illegal gold mining in the area.
Saturday, July 22nd 2023 - 10:49 UTC
Brazil: 18 illegal miners arrested in Yanomami land

Brazilian authorities this week arrested 18 illegal miners (garimpeiros) in Yanomami Indigenous Land during the joint operation Ágata Fronteira Norte, according to Defense Ministry sources, Agencia Brasil reported Friday.
Friday, February 10th 2023 - 10:07 UTC
Child mortality among Yanomamis 10 times higher than Brazil's national rate

Malnutrition due to lack of natural resources is one of the causes of Yanomami children having a mortality rate tenfold that of the whole of South America's largest country, Agencia Brasil reported Thursday.
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.
Monday, January 30th 2023 - 09:48 UTC
Airflifting of sick Yanomami children to healthcare units picking up pace

Hospitalization of gravely sick Yanomami children increased last week as multiple airlifts were performed to bring kids in serious conditions to the only pediatric hospital in Boa Vista.
Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:21 UTC
Yanomami people crisis to be treated as genocide

Brazil's Federal Police is to investigate the sanitary crisis among the Yanomami people as a crime of genocide, Justice Minister Flávio Dino said Wednesday.
Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 09:47 UTC
Brazil: Health emergency declared in Yanomami territory

Brazilian authorities declared a public health emergency in the territories where the native Yanomami community resides in Roraima and set up the Center of Operations for Emergencies in Public Health (COE - Yanomami) reporting directly to the Indigenous Health Department (SESAI).
Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
Brazil: Two reported dead in new clash involving garimpeiros

A new armed confrontation allegedly involving garimpeiros has left at least two people dead and five others injured in Brazil's Yanomami Indigenous Land, it was reported.
Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:09 UTC
STF ruling compels Bolsonaro gov't to account for malnourished Yanomami children

Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso Wednesday gave President Jair Bolsonaro's administration five days to rectify the situation of malnourished Yanomami deprived of medical care, portrayed in a TV show over this past weekend.