The Waorani people took to the streets of Puyo to mark the three-year anniversary of Ecuador's historic Yasuní referendum and ...

“The answer is us!” cried more than 300 Mura leaders, youth, and elders during the VIII Assembly of the Mura People, held last month in the Lago do Soares Indigenous Land, a traditional Mura territory ...

Dutch by birth but living in Latin America for two decades, Raphael Hoetmer has travelled the Amazon rivers alongside Indigenous defenders and peasants to collaborate in their struggles for territory ...

Last year, Indigenous leaders, climate defenders, and allied movements secured important advances in visibility, coordination, and political pressure during the 30th United Nations Climate Change ...

In a few days, the 30th United Nations Climate Conference will take place – in the Amazon! This is the first time the conference will happen in the rainforest, and it comes at a critical time for the ...

In late October, Ecuador’s right-wing president Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency, citing rising violent crime. But the surprise move also conveniently suspended civil liberties just as ...

This month, news broke that El Niño has officially begun. Scientists predict a strong likelihood that this year’s El Niño, a naturally-occurring climate phenomenon driven by warmer-than-average sea ...

Nearly three decades after communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon first brought global attention to Chevron’s crimes, and 13 years after activists launched the first Anti-Chevron Day in 20 countries, ...

The struggle for Indigenous rights in Brazil has reached a critical juncture as orchestrated attacks on their territorial claims intensify. Despite the Brazilian Supreme Court’s landmark decision in ...

Photos from the action available here. Belém, Brazil – On Wednesday morning, representatives of Indigenous peoples, traditional communities, and social movements from across the Amazon held a powerful ...

An urgent message is traveling from the Amazon to the United Nations. This week, Amazon Watch will accompany a delegation of Indigenous leaders from Peru and Ecuador to New York for the United Nations ...

In February 2026, more than 60 Indigenous leaders from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru gathered in the Peruvian Amazon to confront a rapidly growing threat: the expansion of organized crime and ...