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Indigenous Leader Killed in Land Dispute in Brazil

June 20, 2016November 21, 2019 COHA 146 ViewsAline Piva, Brazil, guaraní, Indigenous Rights, kaiowá, land rights 5 min read

By Aline Piva, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs To download a PDF version of this article, click

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Brazil’s Overlooked Amendment; South America’s forgotten People

June 16, 2016November 21, 2019 COHA 153 ViewsBrazil, Ecuador, Eli Cain, Indigenous Rights, land rights, Peru, resource rights, United Nations 13 min read

By Eli Cain, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs To download a PDF version of this file, click

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COHA Recommends: “Who Owns the World’s Land? A Global Baseline of Formally Recognized Indigenous and Community Land Rights.”

October 16, 2015November 10, 2015 COHA 132 ViewsAndy White, Clément Doleac, Indigenous Rights, land rights, Rights and Resources, Tenure Rights 5 min read

COHA is delighted to republish this compelling study by the Rights and Resources Intitiative (RRI): “Who Owns the World’s Land?

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Quilombo do Rio do Macaco: A Growing Military Presence Places One Brazilian Community at Risk

July 6, 2012July 6, 2012 COHA 128 Viewsland rights, Marines, quilombos 8 min read

The late Afro-Brazilian scholar Abdias do Nascimento set a unique flame to Brazil’s quilombos, or maroon colonies, which had been