This page was last updated in 2007 and may contain language which is now outdated. Indigenous peoples and NGOs have met in the Amazon town of Altamira in Brazil to discuss their concerns about a ...

This page was last updated in 2007 and may contain language which is now outdated. Indigenous peoples, NGOs and farmers are combining forces to save the headwaters of the Xingu River, a major ...

to evaluate the pelvic floor muscles and the incidence of pelvic organ prolapse among indigenous women who live in Xingu Indian Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Methods: observational study with 377 ...

Breaking Glass Pictures will be releasing the Brazilian epic Xingu on DVD today, September 9, 2014. Based on the true story of the Vilas-Bôas brothers' journey through Xingu and their time among the ...

Brazil's massive Belo Monte hydroelectric power project is arguably the most hated government project in the world. Although opposition to the dam remains more international than local, a group of ...

Breaking Glass Pictures will be releasing the Brazilian epic Xingu on DVD September 9, 2014. Based on the true story of the Vilas-Bôas brothers' journey through Xingu and their time among the ...

Deep in the most remote jungles of South America, Amazon Indians (Amerindians) are using Google Earth, Global Positioning System (GPS) mapping, and other technologies to protect their fast-dwindling ...

Amazon Indians from the Xingu, Tapajos and Teles Pires river basins face a riot police officer as they invade the main construction site of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam site in protest against the ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. The waters of the Amazon rainforest ...

Two British explorers have completed a gruelling six-month expedition down 2,500 kilometres (1,550 miles) of the Xingu river through the Cerrado savannahlands and rainforest in the heart of Brazil.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Amazon Indians on Friday refused to end their occupation of a building site that has partially paralyzed work on the world's third largest hydroelectric dam for two days. Some 200 ...