Indigenous people in Latin America have been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic due to weak immune systems and centuries of state neglect.
The threat posed to indigenous communities was highlighted last week with the virus death of Brazilian chief Paulinho Paiakan, an iconic defender of the Amazon rainforest, which is home to 420 indigenous communities.
Photo: Planete Amazone / Gert Peter Bruch
Paiakan's death in a hospital in the north of Brazil was one of more than 300 amongst the country's