Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva legally recognized nearly 800 square miles of Indigenous lands on April 28, reversing policies enacted by his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right leader who encouraged development in the Amazon. The move bars non-Indigenous from any economic activity in the area and prohibits mining and logging without permission.
Movie review: From its first moments, "The Territory" places the viewer in a new kind of war — the war for the future of the Amazon Basin, and what it portends for Indigenous Brazilians, Brazil and even the planet.
No writer did more to keep alive an awareness of the indignities working-class people experience than journalist Barbara Ehrenreich, says columnist Michael Sean Winters.
Cardinal Leonardo Steiner, archbishop of Manaus, cited the murder of a British journalist and Indigenous expert in Brazil as a consequence of commercial activity encroaching on Indigenous lands.
Archbishop Leonardo Steiner attributed his selection to four priorities of the pope: the desire to do more missionary work in the Amazon and to be attentive to the poor; to care for the Amazon "as our common home" and to be a church that "knows how to contribute to the autonomy of Indigenous people."
The deaths of a British journalist and a Brazilian Indigenous defender highlight ongoing tension between Indigenous communities and environmental activists and illegal activity and the Brazilian government.
The same day 19 students and two teachers were murdered in a shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, gun violence also struck Rio de Janeiro: 23 people were shot dead during a police raid in a northern slum of the city.
The Vatican is placing the Laudato Si' Action Platform front and center during Laudato Si' Week 2022, with the hope that a week highlighting the initiative will inspire more Catholics and church institutions to sign up.
