When it comes to making a statement, Anitta knows how to do it with charisma, authenticity, and cultural respect. The global ...

The project was born in July 1965, when seven university physicians, led by Roberto Geraldo Baruzzi (1929–2016), organized an expedition to assess the health conditions of the people living in the ...

The Xingu/Tapajós regional stage brings together 486 athletes from the municipalities of Altamira, Placas, Senador José Porfírio, Uruará, and Vitória do Xingu. Participants compete in six modalities: ...

Brazilian superstar Anitta recently had a truly special experience, participating in a Kuarup ceremony in the Xingu Indigenous Territory. During this traditional event, members of the Kuikuro ...

When a big chief dies on the Xingu Indigenous reservation, its tribes gather for a unique funeral ritual called the Kuarup. Wearing body paint and bird feathers, they join in ceremonial dances, combat ...

A hundred and ninety-six trees per minute. That’s how fast the forest was being cleared in Brazil’s Xingu River Basin between March and April this year. A total of 29,191 hectares (72,132 ...

But during the dry Amazon summer, when the Xingu shrinks, Belo Monte's assured output will plunge to an average of 3,500-4,500 megawatts.