A child died and five indigenous people were injured during a shooting attack on a Yanomami village in the Parima region, in Roraima. A helicopter was sent from Boa Vista to assist in treating the victims.
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An unprecedented survey reveals the worrying distribution of damage caused by invasions and mining in the rivers and villages of the Yanomami Indigenous Land, in Roraima. The results show that 59% of inhabited rivers, that is, those that are home to nearby communities, show strong signs of contamination.
More than half of the rivers inhabited by the Yanomami are impacted by illegal mining Read more »
The Federal Police (PF) reported, this Tuesday (20), that it has not identified alerts of illegal mining in the Yanomami Indigenous Land for more than 30 days. The last identification was on May 6, by satellite systems that monitor the region, and occurred less than three months after the beginning of Operation Liberation activities, launched in February, to curb illegal mining of indigenous land.
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More than four months after the declaration of a state of health emergency in the Yanomami indigenous reserve, the situation has “improved”, but “remains worrying”, the Minister of Health, Nísia Trindade, told AFP.
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The working group created by the National Health Council (CNS) arrived in Roraima this week to meet with local indigenous leaders. The proposal is to monitor actions carried out in the Yanomami Indigenous Land amid the state of health emergency, decreed in January due to a serious health crisis. The group should return to Brasília on Saturday (20).
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One of the four miners killed by security agents last Sunday (30) in the Yanomami Indigenous Land, in Roraima, was a member of a criminal faction with national operations. This line of investigation became one of the focuses of the federal government's intelligence actions in the region. Mining may be fueled by organized crime that persists in environmental preservation areas and indigenous territories.
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The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change confirmed the death of 4 miners within the Yanomami Indigenous Land, on Sunday night (30). They would have reacted to an action by agents from the Federal Highway Police (PRF) and the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama). According to the ministry, large-caliber weapons were seized during the operation.
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Four suspects involved in the sexual exploitation of girls and women in mining sites in the Yanomami Indigenous Land are targets of the Federal Police this Saturday (18), in Boa Vista. Find out more at Curto Flash, our selection of the main headlines of the moment. Game Curto is fast!
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Ibama reported on Thursday night (23) that the federal base located in the Palimiú village, in the Yanomami Indigenous Land, in Roraima, suffered attacks from miners in the early hours of Wednesday (22). After the attack, Ibama asked the Federal Police (PF) to send security reinforcements to the site. There was a shootout between police and miners. One was injured and arrested.
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Faced with the “serious health and humanitarian crisis found in the Yanomami territory”, the Ministry of Health decided to bring forward vaccination against Covid-19 in these villages. Around 20 bivalent doses will be sent to the Indigenous Land in the coming days.
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