Amazon Indigenous Archives - Americas Quarterly

The British journalist Dom Phillips conducts interviews for his book during a reporting trip to the Amazon in 2019.

A Journalist’s Last Dispatch from the Amazon

“How to Save the Amazon” confronts the complexity of the rainforest crisis—and still manages to inspire.

Pope Francis, In His Own Words

The late pontiff’s autobiography provides a rare window into the inner and outer life of a beloved and complicated man.

Another Crisis in Brazil’s Amazon: Rising Crime

It’s not just the environment that’s vulnerable to growing regional criminal groups, an expert writes.

Indigenous leaders and OTCA member countries' representatives at a meeting in Brasilia in July.

Can Amazon Basin Presidents Find Consensus on Protecting the Forest?

AQ talked to Kleber Karipuna, member of the organizing committee of the OTCA presidential summit, on the challenges facing the region—from crime to carbon markets.

Cândido Rondon, Brazilian explorer and general, pictured in 1930.

The Complex Legacy of Brazilian Explorer Cândido Rondon

The general was an early advocate for Indigenous people—but reality has fallen brutally short of his ideals.

Protect the Amazon

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In the northwestern Amazon Basin in Colombia, an extraordinary process has been quietly taking place to protect the tropical forest. Over the last 20 years, Amazon indigenous peoples have been handed back their lands in a process aimed both at protecting the environment and supporting human rights.