For Marina Carrillo, a young indigenous mother in her mid-20s, life in rural Guatemala was difficult. Her immediate family had no home of their own, little food and no money to send the two small boys ...
Despite visible poverty, Jacareacanga's per capita GDP ... 40% of the gold mining on the reservation is carried out by Indigenous people today. To make matter worse, local police officers have ...
The Munduruku territory, a reservation the size of Switzerland on the Tapajos river, a major Amazon tributary, has become a hot spot for illegal mining, which Brazilian law bans on Indigenous land.