Alessandra Korap of the Munduruku tribe in the Amazon was awarded the 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights prize for her work defending the rights, ancestral lands and culture of indigenous people in ...

A top expert on isolated Amazon tribes in Brazil was killed by an arrow that struck him in the chest as he approached an indigenous group, friends and a police witness said on Thursday.

This follows billions paid out to farmers during the last trade war; the first Trump administration’s farm relief package ...

Plus, the final weekend of "The Hills of California" at the Huntington and free admission to a few Boston museums.

It’s been three years since production began at a coal mine in the mountain village of Ned, some 1,500 kilometers, nearly ...

A Brazilian court said that iron ore producer Vale SA lost 200 million reais ($38 million) after disadvantages in government decisions amid a corruption and money laundering scheme. The court decision ...

Brazil's Amazon rainforest has shrunk by an area as big as Spain over four decades and is nearing a dangerous tipping point, according to monitoring data released Monday. The Amazon was approaching a ...

Latin America’s largest nation is shaping up as a test case on how to defy President Trump. By Jack Nicas Reporting from Brasília President Trump made his demands to Brazil very clear: Drop the ...

A warrant has been issued for the removal of a self-proclaimed tribe from private land in the Scottish Borders. A sheriff made the order on Friday against the three members of the Kingdom of Kubala.

A self-proclaimed tribe who have set up camp in a Scottish forest say they have been attacked by locals throwing rocks and shouting abuse. The so-called Kubala Kingdom established itself earlier this ...