BOA VISTA, Brazil, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Dozens of indigenous children suffering from malnutrition and acute diseases have been hospitalized in northern Brazil, with relatives in hammocks holding their ...

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on, as he visits the Yanomami Indigenous Health House (CASA Yanomami) in Boa Vista BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's ministry of health has ...

With 0.013% of the Brazilian population, the Yanomami accounted for 7% of deaths from child malnutrition in 2019-2020. More than 50% of Indigenous Yanomami children are underweight and suffering from ...

In a hospital in Brazil’s Amazon, Yanomami children are dozing in blue hammocks. Some are suffering from pneumonia, others from malaria. At a hospital in the Brazilian Amazon, Yanomami children are ...

This article was written by Felipe Medeiros, in collaboration with Kátia Brasil, and originally published on Amazônia Real's website on January 28, 2023. It is republished here, with edits, under a ...

BOA VISTA, Brazil — Severe malnutrition and disease, particularly malaria, are decimating the Yanomami population in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and this month the federal government declared a public ...

Shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami furrowed his brow as he stared out at the skyscrapers and buildings looming through the window of his oak-panelled hotel room in New York City. “I’m here, in the city of ...

BOA VISTA, Brazil (AP) — Until two months ago, Cartier’s website showed Yanomami children playing in a green field. The French luxury jewelry brand said it was working to promote the culture of the ...

“I’m in mourning because my people [are] dying … children are dying for nothing.” These are the words of Davi Kopenawa, author of “The Falling Sky” and a prominent leader of the Yanomami Indigenous ...