just a shot away

Pataxó indians stand in an occupied ranch after the Supreme Court acknowledgement of their rights to land. REUTERS / Lunae Parracho

right to land

A majority vote by ministers of the Supreme Court acknowledged the rights of Pataxós Indians to land in southern Bahia. REUTERS / Lunae Parracho

os últimos dias de Santo Antônio

The San Antonio area will be expropriated for the construction of the Belo Monte hydropower plant. REUTERS / Lunae Parracho 

lasting

Élio Silva, a fisherman, stands in front of a sign placed by Norte Energia in Santo Antonio. The sign reads “private property – do not enter”. REUTERS / Lunae Parracho

where do the children play

Children play in front of the construction site of the Belo Monte Dam project at Santo Antonio. REUTERS / Lunae Parracho

illegal logging

Brazil’s national police look for illegal extraction of wood in Amazon as country eases rules limiting deforestation. AFP PHOTO / Lunae Parracho

No Oeste do Pará, assentados de Areia resistem a pressões de madeireiros e grileiros

“Eu vivo desenssossegada, passa dias e dias e não consigo dormir”, confessa Maria Silva

what is lost?

Sculptures and totem poles installed by British environmentalist David de Rothschild, founder of the community Myoo, are reflected on the Xingu River, one of the Amazon’s biggest tributaries. AFP PHOTO / Lunae Parracho

campo santo

Funeral of Sergio Santos, 24, a newspaper vendor who was allegedly mistaken with a criminal by police and shot to death in his own neighborhood, in Salvador, Bahia.

“Faixa de Gaza”

Resident who was forced to abandon the community where he lived for 23 years, a place known as “Gaza Strip” because of the war between drug traffickers, in Salvador. 

by law

Two young men allegedly criminals were persecuted and killed by more than 20 cops of four elite military police groups in one of the main avenues of Salvador, Bahia.

way home

Ana da Silva walks on the ruins path toward her home, which was destroyed by heavy rains that hit the city of Branquinha, Alagoas.

Police strike

A Brazilian Army armored vehicle patrols during a police strike that triggered a wave of violence in Salvador, northeast Brazil on February, 2012. REUTERS / Lunae Parracho

Monte de incertezas

Em 3 de Janeiro, foi publicada no Diário Oficial, pela ANEEL, a última desapropriação de terras para a construção de Belo Monte, uma declaração de utilidade pública…

When night falls

These are not the images that Brazil wants to project. Leaders prefer snapshots of new cars and the crane-dotted cityscapes of  Latin America’s biggest economy

24h | Crack in Brazil

Reuters photographers recently spent 24 hours in seven Brazilian cities chronicling their “cracklands,” as the neighborhoods have come to be known.

Everywhere a Crackland

We were led from one alley into another and into a bar where a gang was playing dominoes for money. The place was eerie, but strangely familiar. A Worker’s Party logo was…

“greve”

Workers of the Belo Monte Dam project who are on strike attend a meeting in Altamira, northern Brazil April 24, 2012. REUTERS / Lunae Parracho 

Loggers threaten Brazil Amazon residents: Amnesty International

Communities in remote corners of Brazil’s Amazon are facing repeated assaults and death threats from illegal loggers who want to steal their lands, Amnesty International report. AFP PHOTO / Lunae Parracho

waiting

People wait for a bus at Transamazonica national highway in front of the construction site of the Belo Monte Dam project at Santo Antonio. REUTERS / Lunae Parracho

onde é crime ser jornalista

Consórcio Construtor de Belo Monte acusa jornalista de instigar greve de sete mil trabalhadores no Pará