Indigenous chief Merong Kamakã Mongoió, who was found dead in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, on Monday morning, was the leader of the indigenous people who had been living on land owned by mining company Vale for over two years.
He served three times as coordinator of the Union of Indigenous Peoples of Vale do Javari, an area home to the largest number of indigenous people in voluntary isolation in the world. Marubo succumbed to a worsening case of hepatitis.
During a previous week's event in Rio de Janeiro, the president had already expressed his condemnation of innocent lives being lost due to actions by police officers.
The Civil Defense of Rio Grande do Sul state confirmed the death of one person after a tree fell on a house in Rio Grande. The coastal city is facing communication issues because of an extratropical cyclone.
At 22, Astrud Gilberto attained international fame after recording The Girl from Ipanema. The iconic bossa nova ditty became the world’s second most played song.
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