Topics : The APIB accuses the government of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro of having “done nothing” to prevent the relentless spread of coronavirus in areas where 750,000 indigenous people live. So far, more than 5,300 have been infected.Brazil is the second-worst-hit country in the world, with more than a million infections and over 50,000 deaths from COVID-19.”If he had adopted preventative measures from the beginning, we would have avoided this number of deaths,” Sonia Guajajara, APIB coordinator, told a podcast for the Socio-Environmental Institute NGO (ISA).Nonagenarian Kaiapo leader Raoni Metuktire claimed Bolsonaro was “taking advantage” of the pandemic to further exploitative projects in the Amazon that could endanger indigenous communities. ‘Pandemic of abandonment’ Poverty is further exacerbating the situation.Some 5,000 Qom people living in Chaco, in the north of Argentina, rely on social support as quarantine rules have prevented them from selling their handicrafts. Malnutrition doesn’t help, and there have been 16 deaths in less than a month.”These are vulnerable neighborhoods where they live in overcrowded situations, without access to basic services such as running water, which makes the virus spread faster,” said Argentina’s Social Development Minister Daniel Arroyo.In Guatemala, where half the population is indigenous, government assistance “hasn’t had an impact in places where the largest indigenous populations live,” said the human rights ombudsman in early June.”There’s already a pandemic of abandonment” of indigenous people, Daniel Pascual, coordinator of the Peasant Unity Committee, told AFP. ‘Fear for ancestral wisdom’ Wearing a crown of feathers, a necklace of tusks and a surgical mask, Remberto Cahuamari is worried that the loss of “grandparents” to COVID-19 will rob the Ticuna community in the Colombian department of Amazonas of its ancestral wisdom.”We’d be left with our young who in the future won’t know anything about our cultures and our customs. That’s what scares us,” he told AFP.A man with his face covered by a mask and holding a stick watches over the entrance to the village of El Progreso, which can only be reached by the Tucushira, one of more than 1,000 tributaries of the Amazon. This poor and depopulated part of southern Colombia has seen 320 coronavirus cases per 100,000 inhabitants — the worst in the country — and 954 deaths per million, compared to Colombia’s average of just 33.Two-thirds of the village’s population is indigenous, and “at risk of extinction,” according to Colombia’s National Indigenous Organization.The extensive area has no road connection to the rest of the country, and the only public hospital has no intensive care unit.”When COVID-19 arrived, our defenses were low,” Armando Wooriyu, secretary to a local indigenous organization, told AFP.He said some communities have moved to remote locations or closed off access and turned to traditional medicine to fight the virus.In Loreto, in the Peruvian jungle, the virus has hit communities already affected by dengue, flu, rubella and smallpox.Some areas are only accessible by boat, and the nearest medical facility is “between six and eight hours, and up to three days or more” away, said the Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the East.It said 60 percent of villages are lacking either a medical center, equipment or medicine.The Yuqui people from the tropical center of Bolivia are “in grave danger” of disappearing after 16 of its 300 members became infected, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
The Pan American Health Organization says that at least 20,000 people living in the Amazon River basin, which passes through Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname, are infected.On the border between Brazil and Venezuela, the Yanomamis territory is occupied by around 20,000 illegal miners, according to Survival International.Sometimes, the illegal miners and loggers carry the virus with them, exposing indigenous populations to danger.A study by the Federal University of Minas Gerais and ISA predicted that 14,000 Yanomamis could become infected if authorities don’t act to protect them. 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.Paiakan’s death in a hospital in the north of Brazil was one of more than 300 amongst the country’s 100 indigenous communities, according to the Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) group. That was five times as many deaths as in the whole of 2019. 
Sylvester Ralph Riehle, age 79 of Sunman, Indiana passed away on January 19, 2019. The son of John A. and Loretta (nee: Fritsch) Riehle was born on May 22, 1939 in Sunman.Sylvester attended St. Nicholas grade school and Sunman High School. After a five-year courtship, he married Ruth Jean Effing on September 14, 1963 at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Hamburg, IN.He worked at Hill-Rom as a wood sander and later for Hillenbrand Industries as a cap metal sander and in maintenance. He was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church in Batesville.In 1960 he bought his first car, a new 1960 Chevrolet Impala from Chris Volz Motors for $3,200 cash. Together with his wife, they bought Howard Cook’s mother’s house for $8,500. Then in 1966 they bought their home place where they still reside.Sylvester enjoyed spending his days finishing old wood furniture and going out fishing. In his younger years roller skating was a favorite past time and he played softball on a company team call the Monoseals. Sylvester liked to help out the guys on the farm with his own ‘meals on wheels’. He always loved having dinner with friends and family and will be dearly missed by them all.He is survived by his wife, Ruth; children, Laura Ann Taylor (Michael), Tammy Jean Faulkinbury (Joe Ed), Scott Allen Riehle, Eric Jon Riehle (Marlene) and Neal Ryan Riehle; 9 grandchildren and one great grandchild; one brother Nicholas Riehle (Marilene); brothers-in-law, Alfred Hoeing, Jerome Larmann, Russell Fette, and Glenn Moore and sister-in-law Mary Ann Hemke Riehle-Disch.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings, Mary Forthofer, Raymond Riehle, Coletta Weber, Amelia Weber, Anna Fette, Edna Suttmiller, Viola Hountz, Herbert Riehle, Romilda Hoeing, Pauline Larmann, Marcella Hartman, Matilda Moore, Wilfred Riehle and John J. Riehle.Visitation will be Tuesday, January 22, 2019 from 9am – 11am at Meyers Funeral Home in Batesville with rosary at 9am. Followed by a 11:30am Mass of Christian burial at St. Louis Catholic Church in Batesville.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Milan FFA, Nathan’s Hearing Implant Fund, Manderely Bird Seed Fund, Our Hospice of SE Indiana and masses to St. Louis Church.Online condolences www.meyersfuneralhomes.com.
LASITH Malinga has told Dimuth Karunaratne he will retire from ODIs following the first match against Bangladesh, according to the Sri Lanka captain.The 35-year-old had already announced plans to quit cricket following next year’s T20 World Cup, yet his final ODI appearance is set to come this week.Sri Lanka face Bangladesh in a three-match ODI series, starting on Friday, but Karunaratne is expecting to be without Malinga following the opener in Colombo.“We need to find a wicket-taking bowler because Malinga is not available after this series,” the skipper told a news conference.“He is going to play the first match. After that, he is retiring. That’s what he said to me. I don’t know what he said for the selectors but, for me, he said he is playing only one match.”Malinga has taken 335 wickets in 225 ODIs, sitting third on his country’s all-time list, with 13 dismissals at the recent Cricket World Cup.Karunaratne added ahead of taking on Bangladesh: “As the captain of Sri Lanka, after the World Cup, we need to build a good team.“We are trying to find some new talent, so we are giving some chances to the youngsters in this series. We want to play a good cricket series.”
PreviousLos Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, right, visits with Texas Rangers’ Chris Martin during batting practice before a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 10: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels runs past third base to score in the fourth inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington on April 10, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)Los Angeles Angels’ Albert Pujols (5) scores on a single by Jefry Marte during the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill) SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Angels’ Justin Upton (8) scores on a wild pitch by Texas Rangers’ Martin Perez, right, during the first inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)Los Angeles Angels starter Tyler Skaggs pitches during the first inning of the team’s baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)Texas Rangers’ Martin Perez pitches during the first inning of the team’s baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)Texas Rangers relief pitcher Jesse Chavez (53) pitches during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)Los Angeles Angels third baseman Luis Valbuena (18) throws out Texas Rangers’ Ryan Rua (16) during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)Texas Rangers’ Shin-Soo Choo (17) has words with umpire Todd Tichenor after striking out during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)Los Angeles Angels’ Andrelton Simmons (2) celebrates with teammates after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 10: Andrelton Simmons #2 of the Los Angeles Angels celebrates a homerun with Jefry Marte #19 in the third inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington on April 10, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)Los Angeles Angels’ Andrelton Simmons (2) celebrates with teammates after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)Los Angeles Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons (2) catches a fly ball during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)Texas Rangers relief pitcher Bartolo Colon (40) pitches during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)Texas Rangers shortstop Jurickson Profar (19) turns a double play during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani (17) prepares to bat during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Eduardo Paredes (60) pitches during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani (17) prepares to bat during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 10: Tyler Skaggs #45 of the Los Angeles Angels throws against the Texas Rangers in the first inning at Globe Life Park in Arlington on April 10, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 10: Tyler Skaggs #45 of the Los Angeles Angels reacts after the final out of the second inning with bases loaded against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington on April 10, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 10: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels celebrates a home run in the second inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington on April 10, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 10: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels celebrates a homerun in the second inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington on April 10, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 10: (L-R) Bartolo Colon #40 of the Texas Rangers greets Albert Pujols #5 of the Los Angeles Angels during the seventh inning at Globe Life Park in Arlington on April 10, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, right, visits with Texas Rangers’ Chris Martin during batting practice before a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Cooper Neill)ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 10: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels runs past third base to score in the fourth inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington on April 10, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)NextShow Caption1 of 23ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 10: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels runs past third base to score in the fourth inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington on April 10, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. 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In the second, he gave up a run but again left the bases loaded, finishing the inning with his 65th pitch.At that point, it seemed unlikely he’d make it through five. A 10-pitch second helped get him back on track, and he finished the fifth with his 114th pitch. Scioscia said afterward that Skaggs’ delivery seemed to be fine and he maintained his velocity, so he felt it was OK to extend him. Skaggs’ previous career-high was 105. Skaggs will get two extra days of rest before his next start, likely to be next Tuesday.“I’m happy Sosh let me finish he fifth,” Skaggs said. “I’ve got to clean it up. Overall, I thought I battled. Our team was great today. We weren’t missing much.” Jose Suarez’s rocky start sinks Angels in loss to Astros Angels offense breaks out to split doubleheader with Astros Angels’ Mike Trout working on his defense, thanks to Twitter Angels’ poor pitching spoils an Albert Pujols milestone 
The homers were two of the 12 balls the Angels hit harder than 100 mph.“We’ve been swinging the bats well for a couple weeks now,” Manager Mike Scioscia said. “It’s good to see. I think we hit well with guys in scoring position (8 for 11), drove the ball well. We were patient at the plate. It speaks to the depth of our lineup. We’ve got some guys swinging the bats well.”The offense was so productive that the only drama in the game was whether Tyler Skaggs could persevere to get the five innings required for a victory.Skaggs described himself as “effectively awful” after a game in which he allowed five hits and four walks in five innings. The seven strikeouts helped him minimize damage. Newsroom GuidelinesNews TipsContact UsReport an Error – Related Articles “Our offense is going to be fun this year,” Mike Trout said. “We never think we’re out of a game.”After finishing with a below average offense last year, the Angels re-signed Justin Upton, who they had for only one month in 2017. They then added Zack Cozart and Ian Kinsler.Even without Kinsler, who has been limited to one game because of a groin injury, the lineup has been clicking.On Tuesday night, they had seven different players each with multi-hit nights, including three apiece from Jefry Marte and Martín Maldonado. Andrelton Simmons hit his first homer of the season and Trout hit his fourth, a 441-foot blast.