Continued construction of the Belo Monte dam, a huge and controversial hydroelectric plant on Brazil’s Xingú River raised red flags for a committee of experts from the Internationa...

The president of Brazil will be the first woman ever to open the United Nations General Assembly debate among world leaders on Wednesday, September 21, at the world organization’s ...

In a disturbing post to National Geographic News Watch , Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier lays out the likely effects of the Belo Monte dam on the indigenous people who live on the ri...

The Brazilian government has ignored legal challenges from two of it’s own agencies, national and international protests, and requests from an international human rights court to h...

Former President Bill Clinton has added his voice to the growing chorus of celebrities and indigenous people in Brazil who oppose the construction of the massive Belo Monte hydroel...