We, the traditional Councils of the Guarani & Kaiowá People, Aty Guasu (General Assembly of the Guarani & Kaiowá People), Kuñangue Aty Guasu (Great Assembly of Guarani & Kaiowá Women), RAJ (Guarani & Kaiowá Youth Movement), Aty Jeroky Guasu...
Mother Earth faces dark days. The world is going through its biggest social, economic and political crisis caused by the covid-19 pandemic, which just affects human beings, putting humanity in deep reflection and in resistance for the preservation of life. We...
We, indigenous peoples, organizations and leaders from every region of Brazil, have been gathering for 16 years in the federal capital for our annual Free Land Camp (ATL), the Great National Indigenous Assembly. Due to the need for social isolation imposed by the...
Given the Bolsonaro government’s complete neglect in the face of the current crisis, indigenous peoples have taken their own measures to protect communities from the spread of Covid-19. While a national action plan to combat the pandemic has not been...
Maranhão, March 31, 2020 – Our indigenous blood continues to be spilled! Zezico Guajajara was murdered and we of the Association of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil – APIB demand justice! His body was found on Tuesday (31) on the access road to the Arariboia...
We are living in critical times Humankind will face its worst period since World War II. Epidemics are terrible for any society, but we know that for indigenous peoples the impact is even greater. Influenza, smallpox and measles were some of the diseases brought to...
Undoubtedly, we, indigenous peoples, are one of the most exposed and vulnerable populations in the face of the current Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout history, we have always been the victims of successive invasions not only by the use of physical violence,...
The undersigned organizations – representing indigenous peoples, anthropologists, social, environmental and human rights defenders – that make up the National Indigenous Mobilization (MNI) network express their categorical rejection of Bill No. 191/20, submitted by...
REJECTION MOTION AGAINST BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT PROJECT TO REGULATE MINING, ENERGY VENTURES AND AGRIBUSINESS IN INDIGENOUS LANDS The Coalition of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) comes to the public to express its vehement rejection of the displays of visceral...
In 2019, the first year of Bolsonaro government, we felt in our skin the cruel dismantling of the State, of social rights and of public policies achieved hroughout the past 31 years, since the 1988’s constitutional pact. The year was marked by the exponential...
