They’re curious about us, and we’re curious about them.” That’s how Daniel Cangussu describes the recent interaction with a ...

When you think of Brazil, you picture colourful carnival goers, Christ the Redeemer towering over tourists, and sunbathers on ...

A young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to his people shortly after, authorities said.

The National Indian Foundation, a government agency in Brazil, published the photos Thursday on its Web site. It tracks "uncontacted tribes" -- indigenous groups that are thought to have had no ...

As I traveled through Awá territories, I perceived widespread fear that the government institutions created to protect Brazil’s tribes also were in danger of disintegrating—a fear that the ...

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) A report released by the conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) documents 119 indigenous communities that maintain voluntary isolation in Brazil. The study, produced by the ...

The stakes are high, and conflict is escalating. The tussles are over rare metals, ores, timber, space – and the right to be left alone.

The Mashco Piro are an uncontacted tribe found in remote regions of the Amazon rainforest in south-east Peru. It’s thought ...

Brazil is the largest country in South America. It shares a border with 10 different countries, including Venezuela, Colombia and Peru. Its coastline lies alongside the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil is ...

technical manager of the programme of immunization and immuno-preventable diseases of the Special Sanitary District of the Yanomami of Brazil. Authorities are investigating another nine cases for ...

The federal investigation Lava Jato destabilized Brazil’s governments and political class, as it revealed that private interests mixed with government corruption worked to defraud Petrobras, ...