It’s a toxic combination that is enriching criminal gangs and corrupt officials across the region, as the price of gold ...

Deep in the Amazon, Indigenous women say they fear getting pregnant. Rivers that have been the lifeblood of their people now carry mercury from illegal gold mining, threatening the health of their ...

Illegal gold mining is rapidly overtaking cocaine as the most profitable criminal enterprise in South America, reshaping Peru's Amazon into a violent, unpoliced frontier. As global gold prices soar, ...

Brazil expands gold-tracing to combat cross-border smuggling Interpol's Gaia Project supports global adoption of Brazil's tracing method Amazon Police Cooperation Center aids in tackling environmental ...

Brazil launched a military operation in late 2024 to clear out illegal gold mining from one of the most heavily impacted Indigenous lands in the country, the Munduruku Indigenous Territory. Located in ...

By Jorge Silva SERRA PELADA, Brazil (Reuters) -With a voice more youthful than his 72 years would suggest, Lucindo Lima sings ...

A global mercury summit in Geneva has faced criticism from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to act on mercury use in small-scale gold mining, the world’s top source of ...

The move signifies a shift from cash reserves to debt financing. Meta has launched its largest-ever bond sale, totaling $30 ...

BOGOTA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Mining concessions and illegal mining operations overlap more than a fifth of indigenous land in the Amazon, causing higher deforestation rates, said a report published on ...