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Communities from Peruvian Amazon are evacuated amid fears of attacks from isolated indigenous tribes. Gavino Garay reports.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva meet with Indigenous leader of the Kayapo people, Raoni Metuktire, on the island of Combu off the coast of Belem, in the Brazilian Amazon. Macron has promised to discuss closer cooperation in the fight against illegal gold mining with Brazil, where he begins an emblematic state visit lasting almost three days following his trip to French Guiana. IMAGES
Indigenous people march in Guatemala City, calling to defend democracy, just hours before the inauguration of President-elect Bernardo Arevalo. The 65-year-old lawmaker, ex-diplomat and sociologist Arevalo has been facing a constant barrage of attempts to impede him from taking office. IMAGES
Australians have rejected greater rights for Indigenous citizens with around 60 percent of Australians voting against a proposal to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders within the constitution. Reuben Berg, Co-chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, reacts to the referendum result. SOUNDBITE
Indigenous peoples from Amazon countries and members of social movements take part in the March of the Peoples of the Earth for the Amazon in Belem, as the northern Brazilian city hosts a two-day meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) to chart an ambitious roadmap to save the Amazon rainforest. IMAGES
The four Indigenous children who who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest, arrive at the military hospital in Bogota. IMAGES
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