Indigenous territory still in crisis despite Brazil’s expulsion of miners

A Yanomami Indigenous woman and her children walk at the Surucucu airfield, located inside the Yanomami Territory on 28 January. Photograph: Michael Dantas/AFP/Getty Images

Six months after the Brazilian government launched an operation to turf out illegal miners from the country’s largest Indigenous reserve, the Yanomami population there continues to live in fear, battling a legacy of violence, destruction and disease.

A new report released by three Indigenous organisations on Wednesday, applauds the success of the government’s crackdown but highlights the challenges that lie ahead in fully addressing the humanitarian crisis caused by the invasion of wildcat miners during the Jair Bolsonaro years.