New Amazon Reserves Anger Brazilians
NPR’s David Welna reports on Brazilian President Fernando Collor’s plan to set aside millions of acres of land as protected reserves for several of the country’s native tribes. Environmentalists and Native-rights advocates abroad are pleased, but many Brazilians are furious.
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