Indigenous protesters ... Kayapo Mekranoti ethnic group had been blocking highway BR-163 through the Amazon rainforest since Monday morning. The highway is an important artery for farmers in ...

But that’s hardly to say the history of the Kayapo people is a pastoral ... of plans dating back to Brazil’s military dictatorship, four decades of studies, protests, revised plans, court ...

(Pictured) Bejà, a Kayapo Indian, in the Xingu River in Mato Grosso. Speaking about his project, Stuckert remarked, "Indigenous people were the first to live in Brazil. We owe them an important ...

Hundreds of indigenous women occupied a building of Brazil's health ministry ... The group of some 300 protesters demanded better healthcare for indigenous people, especially women, and condemned ...

Brazil's environment agency gave ... progress on Belo Monte has been slowed over the years by protests, including an incident in 2009 in which Kayapo Indians armed with clubs and machetes attacked ...