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Mining victims denounce ‘Genocide legalized by the state’

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Residents of traditional communities in the Brazilian Amazon municipality of Barcarena, near the mouth of the Amazon River, say that their subsistence and commercial livelihoods, and their health, have been destroyed by an invasion of mining companies which began in the mid-1980’s. This story is the fifth in a series.

Living in the shadow of Amazon tailings dams

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Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN), the world’s fourth largest bauxite producer, encroached on riverine communities beside the Trombetas River in the Brazilian Amazon in...

Xingu fecha fronteiras para evitar chegada do coronavírus

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Part of the Sebastião Salgado na Amazônia series. Discusses the threat posed by COVID-19 to the Parque Indígena do Xingu and the impacts of...

Líderes lutam para preservar sua cultura

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Part of the Sebastião Salgado na Amazônia series. Covers the history of the Xingu - indigenous culture and habits - as well as the...

Criadores de búfalos e índios disputam igarapés

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Coverage of a dispute over water access between the indigenous and farmers in Amazonas - in particular between the Mura people and buffalo farmers...

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