BiaValle Ayahuasca: 'source of knowledge' in the heart of the Amazonbatimes.com.ar - Erica DavisA tourist industry has taken root around ayahuasca, the powerful hallucinogenic concoction said to open the door to the spirit world. But indigenous …
BiaValle Yanomami crisis sparks action against illegal gold in the Amazonmongabay.com - AlexandredesantiIn January, a wave of outrage swept Brazil after photos and footage of sick and starving Yanomami were made public. The newly sworn-in Brazilian …
BiaValle ‘A war society doesn’t see’: the Brazilian force driving out mining gangs from Indigenous landsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Tom Phillips in the Yanomami Indigenous territoryFor the last four years Brazil’s rainforests bled. “They bled like never before,” said Felipe Finger as he prepared to venture into the jungle with his assault rifle to staunch the environmental carnage inflicted on the Amazon under the former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. Moments later …
BiaValle Rio carnival: Outlaw theme clinches title for samba schoolbbc.co.uk - BBC NewsRio's hotly contested carnival parade has been won by the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school with its tribute to a Brazilian outlaw from the early 20th Century which many compare to Robin Hood. Captain Virgulino Ferreira, better known as Lampião, is a controversial figure. Considered a folk hero …
BiaValle In Brazil, criminals dismantle one of the best-preserved swaths of the Amazonmongabay.com - AlexandredesantiXINGU RIVER, Brazil — Deep in the Brazilian Amazon, our motorboat slides past an emerald canopy of rainforest, cascading down to the banks of the …
BiaValle Rio carnival is BACK! Brazil's famous dancers look as flamboyant as ever as the gigantic parade returns in full for the first time since Coviddailymail.co.uk - Olivia Jones and AfpRio de Janeiro's carnival parades returned this weekend in a swirl of glitter, sequins and samba for the festival's first full-on edition since …