• Development threatens way of life in Amazon’s Afro-Brazilian communities
    Development threatens way of life in Amazon’s Afro-Brazilian communities
    October 3, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    SANTAREM, Brazil (CNS) — Marluce Coelho has mixed feelings about the college scholarship that has made her one of about 300 students of Afro-Brazilian descent studying at the Federal University of Western Para.
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  • Struggles of families uprooted by Belo Monte reveal the dam’s dark side
    Struggles of families uprooted by Belo Monte reveal the dam’s dark side
    October 3, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    ALTAMIRA, Brazil (CNS) — Treetops poke above the surface of the lake that laps at the shore of this Amazonian town. “People used to live there,” said Joana Gomes da Silva, pointing to the cluster of skeletal trunks and
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  • After Amazonians migrate to cities, they struggle to survive
    After Amazonians migrate to cities, they struggle to survive
    October 3, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    MANAUS, Brazil (CNS) — On Christmas Eve of 2015, Marcia Soares’ home was bulldozed into oblivion, and with it, her dreams for the future.
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  • Residents fight to keep Amazon alive, ‘but big money speaks louder’
    Residents fight to keep Amazon alive, ‘but big money speaks louder’
    October 3, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    SANTAREM, Brazil (CNS) — For more than three decades, Juscelina Silva Batista’s life has followed the rise and fall of the Amazon River. During the rainy season, she canoes practically to the door of her simple wooden house, skirting a raft that holds potted plants and a few chickens, and ducking under the long pods hanging from tamarind trees.
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  • First synod talks look at climate, priests, inculturation, Vatican says
    First synod talks look at climate, priests, inculturation, Vatican says
    October 8, 2018
    by Site Administrator
    VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Climate change, water resources, inculturation and indigenous practices were among the topics discussed during the first afternoon session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.
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