BRASILIA (Reuters) - When Europeans first arrived in the Amazon rainforest, their smallpox decimated local tribes. Then rubber tappers, gold miners and settlers brought malaria, measles and influenza.

MANAUS, Brazil — The warning from our guide made clear that this “forest walk” would be anything but a leisurely stroll. “Look before grabbing any branches because the ants bite. You will be in pain ...

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Coronavirus is spreading fast through Brazil's indigenous populations, with deaths caused by the disease increasing more than five-fold in the past month, according to ...

One of Brazil’s largest diamond deposits exists in the territory of the Cinta Larga — an indigenous tribe in the country’s South West. The tribe have a legend about a group of indigenous women digging ...

LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon, looking out at the amber waters that are surrounded by a jagged shoreline that has ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — One of Brazil's last uncontacted Indian tribes has been spotted in the far western Amazon jungle near the Peruvian border, the National Indian Foundation said Thursday. The ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — A young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to his people less than 24 hours later, Brazilian ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous ...