The question is not simply how much we spend on defence, but what we understand defence and security to mean, says SIMON BRIGNELL
An Amazon rainforest rite of passage in threatened territory
State and federal authorities in Brazil have put into motion a plan to remove illegal landgrabbers and defend Indigenous communities, report LUCAS DUMPHREYS and DAVID BILLER
Indigenous girls and boys prepare to take part of a ritual during the final and most symbolic day of the Wyra'whaw coming-of-age festival at the Ramada ritual centre, in the Tenetehar Wa Tembe village, located in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous territory in Para state, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023
Given the recent rejection of peace proposals by Israel the world must provide an immediate and resolute response to force accountability on Gaza, argues RAMZY BAROUD
MARK SEDDON tries to cool off in the countryside to avoid the heatwaves but the greed and incompetence of the privatised water industry is now at boiling point
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
by Her Excellency Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the United Kingdom
DR STEPHEN WILKINSON assesses the life and legacy of a revolutionary giant
THE Indigenous adolescents danced in a circle under the thatched-roof hut from nearly dawn to dusk while parents looked on from the perimeter.
Some of the adults smoked tobacco mixed with the wood from a local tree in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest.
The seemingly endless loop of the procession, taking place over six long days this month, was leaving some Tembe Tenehara youngsters with swollen and bandaged feet.
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