COVID-19 Memorial / Federative Republic of Brazil
COVID-19 DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE
OUR MOTTO: HONOR EVERYONE
Brazil
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One of Brazil's most recognizable images is that of Christ the Redeemer an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, created by Polish-French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres high, excluding its 8-metre pedestal. The arms stretch 28 metres wide.
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 211 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world; as well as the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country.
In Memory of those lost to COVID-19 in Brazil
Paulinho Paiakan
Aritana Yawalapiti
Aritana Yawalapiti
Paulinho Paiakan, (died June 16, 2020) chief of the Kayapo people, died at a hospital in Redençao in the southern Pará state, aged around 65.
Paiakan came to prominence during the 1980s for his campaign against Brazil’s Belo Monte hydroelectric project, one of the largest dams in the world.
He had previously been hired by the Brazilian government in the 1970s to facilitate the construction of the Trans-Amazonian highway system through Kayapo lands, but quit over the scale of the plans and instead began to mobilize against the project.
The Brazilian Indigenous Peoples' Association (APIB) described Paiakan as a "father, leader and warrior" for indigenous peoples and the environment.
To his family and friends our deepest condolences. May his eternal soul be at peace.
Occupation: Leader and Environmental Activist
Aritana Yawalapiti
Aritana Yawalapiti
Aritana Yawalapiti
Aritana Yawalapiti (15 July 1949 – 5 August 2020) was an Brazilian cacique of the Yawalapiti indigenous tribe of Brazil inside the Xingu Indigenous Park. He served as President of the Instituto de Pesquisa Etno Ambiental Xingu. Aritana Yawalapiti was strongly against the destruction of Indigenous culture in Brazil. Known for his quiet dignity, he was a master of peacefully resolving conflicts between different Indigenous tribes as well as with non-Indigenous people.He worked to defend his peoples’ land in the Amazon against prospectors, loggers and ranchers.
He was the son of indigenous chief Paru Yawalapiti and his wife, Tepori Kamaiurá. During his childhood, he was mentored by the Villas-Bôas brothers, who taught him the importance of maintaining a natural habitat.
Prepared from a young age, Yawalapiti ascended to the rank of cacique in the 1980s, devoting himself to the rights of indigenous people in Brazil. In particular, he focused on the environment, demarcation of land, health, and education.
His action earned him the representation of other indigenous groups in the Xingu Indigenous Park. He was interviewed in the documentary Despertar das Amazonas in 2009.To his family and freinds our deepest condolences. May his eterinal soul be at peace.
Occupation: Leader and Environmental Activist
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