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  • Karapiru Awá, Posto Tiracambu, Caru, April 2000<br /> © 2000 Fiona Watson/Survival<br />
    Brazil: Kayapó set to fight massive dam project
    27 April 2006 Mebegokre Kayapó Indians have vowed to oppose the building of five dams along the Xingu River in Amazonia. Two hundred Kayapó met recently to discuss the dams, which they fear will have a devastating impact on their land.
  • Yanomami boy, Brazil.<br /> © Victor Englebert/Survival<br />
    Brazil: Indians – 'Lula’s government is bad for us'
    11 April 2006 Five hundred and fifty leaders from eighty-six Brazilian tribes have written an open letter slamming President Lula’s government’s record on indigenous peoples.