Amazon: in the hands of a few

[TheMundo2012]

Thank you

muito obrigado!

[mayansun]

plain violation of human rights, if this hillbillies think they can get away with disrespecting the aboriginal people and ignoring their rights .....they r completely wrong. The world will come to this town and smoke the farmers out of their holes for good.

[mpeTina]

there is a really good documentary about the amazon,the threats of the ilegal persons and clues for indians' murders.the thing is that its in greek and if someone want more info tell me.

[satorian]

What happens next? Why such an influential organization as Greenpeace didnt go further and present us results. Is the message you guys want to let through? That a bunch of ignorants farmers are stronger than the most powerful environmental organization in the world?

[wilsoncalabresi]

Mais nojento foi ver aos 5 min de video ele diz que os "índios são deles". É criminoso, no mínimo injusto. No final como todo covarde em maior número foi atrás do grupo como muleques criançolas botando medo no pessoal que ja tinha concordado em se retirar, de certo "homems" não são, e mais certo ainda, isto vai ter fim, e não vai ser do jeito deles.

[wilsoncalabresi]

Mas é impressionante, eu vejo que alguns comentários aqui concordam com o que a cidade fez com os "visitantes". É muita ignorância imaginar que isso tira ou ameaça nossa soberania sobre a amazônia, mais ignorância ainda achar que aqueles safados são honestos, dignos, não se aproveitam do inocente, não roubam. Foi nojenta a atitude deles, se cagando com carapuça vestida para todos verem. Sim como disse lhc551, temos que ver os 2 lados, o que vi foi suficiente

[lindomar10]

ta penalty with the Indians. leads them to live in your home.

[satorian]

vai aprender ingles primeiro seu ignorante.

[admlomg]

@lindomar10 aprender escrever em ingles seria muito bom...

It would be nice if you knew how to write in english properly... It is not your land.. I hope to see all of you behind of the bars...

[jda974]

SHAME!!! it's a shame that these farmers and politicians rule with violence and intimidations, just like a dictatorship!! ACORDA BRASIL!!! ACORDA porque alguns poderosos estao destruindo o pais!!! como alguem pode reclamar ser dono das terras e dono dos indios, que la vivem ha seculos??? VERGONHA!!!

[viceobss]

afff

que ridiculo era melhor se ninguem se entrometese nessas coisas nem o brasil nem greenpeace por que a unica coisa que eles fazem é piorar as coisas

[ausearthlove]

MCdonalds slaves, mindless, selfish, self efaving people who call themselves " ".

Care for this earth and all her creatures,Its all we need to do. western wealth sucks all

[bololou]

This is a sign of the complete absence of serious state institutions in the Brazilian countryside. The increadible social exclusion and facts such as this one are clear signs that democracy in Brazil is still only a dream. The international community cannot just keep watching this fakely happy concentration camp!

[teemuruskeepaa]

Yeah. Citizens take power into their own hands. Its just market capitalism.

[teemuruskeepaa]

I would have said to that mayor that what right has he or his followers to decide that the natives can't have more land.

[rcsgamarra]

More ONGs enstrangeiras indigenistas and environmentalists in the Brazilian Amazon than in the whole continent of Africa, which suffers from hunger, thirst, civil wars, the epidemics of AIDS and Ebola, the massacres and landmines.

Now a question: You do not think so, at least, highly suspicious ?

[rcsgamarra]

The Amazon is: gold, niobium, oil, the largest deposits of iron and manganese in the world, diamond, emeralds, rubis, copper, zinc, silver, the greatest biodiversity of the planet (which can generate large profits for foreign laboratories), and others many riches that added 14 trillions of dollars.

[wilsoncalabresi]

Aqui eu concordo e duvido um pouco, acho que se fosse um fonte tão valiosa como diz, ja teria sido invadida por investidores gananciosos e politicos corruptos que não nos faltam.

Agree here in part, I just think that if it's so valuable like you told, there were already investors and corrupt politicians in there, and that, we have a lot

[rcsgamarra]

The northeast of brazil is not so much wealth, so there is no foreign ONGs, there helping the hungry.

Meanwhile, an ONG foreign (mainly the United States) is spending millions of dollars to save the golden lion mico.

[wilsoncalabresi]

Você realmente acredita nesse coco que disse agora?

Do you really believe that coco you just told now? Are you sure?

[wilsoncalabresi]

Você realmente acredita nesse coco que disse agora?

Do you really believe that coco you just told now? Are you sure?

[rcsgamarra]

To enter the page of an ONG indigenistas, one of the first things you see is the emblem of the European Union, which invests millions of dollars in the demarcation of indigenous reserves in Brazil. Why?

When there are so many problems of greatest severity: earthquakes in El Salvador and India, the disaster in which lives in Africa, the drought in the northeast, the epidemic of AIDS, and so on.

And they spend millions to demarcar Indian reservations? ? And we are already too large.

[rcsgamarra]

To understand this just read the sentence below:

"It is our duty to ensure the preservation of the territory of the Amazon and its Aboriginal inhabitants to enjoy the great European civilizations." (World Council of Christian Churches, headquartered in Europe, 1992)

[chocoflav1979]

Whether or not the farming is beneficial to the economy or to the people it gives jobs to, or, especially, the impact it has on the environment, intimidating, harassing, and even murdering people is never for the "greater good". These people want protection, only the brave ask for protection in such circumstances. The farmers on the other hand are cowards to use such methods just to put more money in their own pockets.

Go OPAN!

[GMoatt]

it's a shame that things like that still happen.

Even worse when they are endorsed by authorities.

[GassyBastard]

People really believe that indians are saints these days? Hell, mothafukas are dealing drugs, getting weapons and becoming the new FARC army you fools!

[GassyBastard]

Fuck Greenpeace! bunch of fundamentalist commies.

[Luishca]

please....it´s "brasilian kkk"

[Younioshibat]

Brazilian KKK.

[romao45]

The Indianer Enawene Nawe are in one dangerous situation. They are in the hand from these criminal people. I'm worry about their's Life!That is now not one question of Ethanol, Soya,american, french or brasilien people. We have to talk about this indianer people that will die at the same time that we talk!

[lindomar10]

falls outside you ended with the Indians, and now you speak is something about the Brazilian Indians, will take care of life for you. you do not know of anything happening here in realidade.esse video ta edited and is a farce

[mvzdo]

Americans...... they say "right" but they are using fuel to keep his houses warm, and they like a ruge cars using a V8 engine, spend lots and lots of fuel just because they want a PWERFULL car, gal and more galons of fuel just to go to the market place, just to buy a beer. Go away, First find a solutions for your problens and them try to help other ones

[baraitalo]

that may well be true about americans (and because of global warming they're more often using air conditioning to keep their houses cool these days) but there was no american involvement in these events. there were brazilians (greenpeace, opan, fazendeiros) and french (reporters). do try to stick to the point in hand, which is that fazendeiros have defoliated a large area so they can sell cattle and soya to make other countries rich and brazil poorer.

[azteka1717]

"This is not democracy", "they ended the democracy", such demagogic, almost bad-intentioned use of the word 'democracy' should not be done by a serious organization.. Other than this, the video is good.

[baraitalo]

It would be really cool if people were able to focus a bit, like keelyboom has, about the problems that the Enawene are confronting. It makes the whole problem a little more 'real' to think of the impact decisions have on whole cultures, whole language groups, whole human histories.

[leonelisboa]

Out of our country junior of the whore!!! They go for puting the face into Iraq, where you really violate civís the rights... ¿And the frabc dothe s have any respectable idea? ¡Out of here! ¡We do not want to you here! Thieves, violators, criminal, xenophobic ...

[baraitalo]

rsrsrs faça uma tradução no babelfish, ou escrever em português, e faço tradução para vc. daí tudo mundo pode entender estas palavras mal educadas.

e daí se informa melhor...

hehehe do a translation on babelfish, or post in Portuguese. Then I can translate for you. Then everyone can see your rudeness. Then get better informed...

[greyflcn]

Ignorant GreenPeace!

How can they fully endorse the biofuels which cause the deforestation in the first place.

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BioFuels are simply bad.

They cause deforestation, destroy soil, and they deplete scarce fresh water resources.

We don't even know if the direct emissions from biofuels are worse than oil.

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The next step is to make actual gasoline and actual diesel from plants.

[cesarsalgado1972]

Greenpeace does not "fully endorse" biofuels. They only support them when used "in an efficient and sustainable way".

But I agree with you that Greenpeace should change its position: any oil company would say the same if asked...

[greyflcn]

==Only "in an efficient and sustainable way".==

That does not exist.

BioFuels are inheriently inefficient and unsustainable.

Cellulosic, Sugar Cane, Corn, Soy, Palm Oil. All of it.

Except perhaps recycled vegetable oil, and tallow, which could only meet less than a small fraction of 1% of our total liquid fuel demands.

[greyflcn]

Re: ==Only "in an efficient and sustainable way".==

We'd gain 3x more than that merely by inflating our tires properly. All the while we're paying in excess of 50% of the sale price you see for biofuels is subsidy.

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Overall biofuels are a waste of time, money, and political attention.

And frankly we don't have nearly enough of all of those put on to making cars more energy efficient.

[mathonia]

Its hard for me too watch this tragedy unfolding in front of my eyes and not being able to do anything to help.

Ignorant farmers!!

[MrRenatonunes]

@mathonia I was born and raised in the city such called juina for 12 years, and they aren't ignorent farmers. My grandfather owns 4 farms there at the time and so do my uncles also have a few and they had to work hard and pay for their land. It is like buying a house and than finding out that it was sacred for someone else. you shouldn't be calling them ignorant farms for any reasons. My grandfather,

[MrRenatonunes]

@mathonia , which is living there right now and my hole family told me over the phone that the indians sold their land to the farmers and now they are trying to get it back with the government of other countries help such as the u.s. It is 100% unfair for the farmers if you ask me

[PV82]

vai toma no cú! cambada de americano filhos da puta! vao cuidar do eh de voces!

[LeusMaquiavitch]

fala em inglês senão eles não entendem, meu filho

seu ignorante

[baraitalo]

Hopefully the federal enquiry will sort out this mess.

[keelyboom]

An amazing video. My thoughts and prayers are with the Enawene Nawe. Thank you to Paulo and the others involved who are standing alongside these people and exposing this issue. You are a source of inspiration for us all. You show true courage.

Peace.

[baraitalo]

I worked with the Enawene Nawe until 2002. It is also them that are courageous. They have been very patiently waiting for the demarcation of THEIR lands - this is not an 'enlargement' of their lands. These are lands that are traditionally worked, and have their own archeological and recent artefacts all over them. They can't leave, but the level of intimidation has left them without consultancy services and language support from the OPAN team.

[keelyboom]

I agree baraitalo. What extraordinary people the Enawene Nawe must be. It is so disturbing that some of the farmers are describing them as 'their Indians'. This attitude reflects the pattern of ongoing racism that Indigenous people throughout the world are subjected to. We must stand with them.

I will definitely be spreading the word about the Enawene Nawe - starting with this youtube. :)

[lindomar10]

leva eles para sua casa.

[lindomar10]

ta penalty with the Indians. leads them to live in your home.

[minimalmonkey]

Respect. Especially for the activists that have to live with that level of threat day in and day out.

[jgteulings]

Impressive document to the commendable work done in the Amazon by OPAN and Greenpeace. A courageous job.