On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we're discussing the tragic killing of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira.
Dom Phillips, who was working on a book called How to Save the Amazon, wrote extensively about Brazil's uncontacted Indigenous tribes, Indigenous people uniting to protect their land, the exploitation of the Amazon by loggers, ranchers, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, evidence linking Brazil meat giant JBS to Amazon deforestation, and more.
Bruno Pereira faced regular threats for helping Indigenous communities organize and monitor their land, according to the Guardian. He also ran workshops with communities under threat.
Guest:
Jill Langlois, independent journalist based in São Paulo, Brazil
Web Resources:
The Guardian: There is a war on nature. Dom Phillips was killed trying to warn you about it
Coda: Brazil’s Congress fast-tracks plans to mine Indigenous land for potassium, blaming Russia sanctions
Mongabay: Deaths of Phillips and Pereira shine light on a region of the Amazon beset by violence
The Guardian: Bruno Pereira: the dedicated defender of Indigenous rights missing in Brazil
