Tag: Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian

By Mary Carroll, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A logistics project worth US$4.1 billion has been stopped in its tracks, as the world’s largest iron ore producer, Vale, was forced to suspend work on the extension of the...

By Melissa Rossi, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As part of the Rio+20 debates on culture and sustainability, representatives of the Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian communities participated in the seminar “Quilombos, terreiros e juventudes: justiça ambiental e práticas culturais...