Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday signed a new law to expand the country’s affirmative action policies, ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday signed a new law to expand the country’s affirmative action policies, ...

Brazil's Quilombola people, the descendants of Africans who escaped slavery, have lived in the nation's vast Amazon and ...

According to Guajajara, receiving this title is “a recognition of the collective history of indigenous peoples in Brazil and ...

This policy brief outlines the implications of the EUDR for the protection of Brazilian family farmers, Indigenous peoples ...

The results will allow progress in precision medicine for people with Black or Indigenous ancestry who until now have been ...

A burial site of over 100,000 enslaved individuals has been uncovered in Salvador, revealing a hidden chapter in Brazil’s ...

Speaking on her porch by the Negro River, Borges said her company, Yara Amazonas, started a partnership with loggers to extract oils and seeds from the forest, instead of cutting trees down. "The ...

Colombia has taken a major step in Indigenous rights by formally recognizing Indigenous councils as local governments across parts of the Amazon.