Organized crime brings renewed threats to Yanomami in Brazil

As criminal groups combine forces with miners in Brazil’s Yanomami Indigenous Territory, officials have found it more difficult to control the spread of crime and violence that have killed hundreds of Yanomami. Following a brief period of calm last June, the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in Roraima state, stretching more than 8 million hectares (about 19.7 … Continue reading Organized crime brings renewed threats to Yanomami in Brazil