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Gold sits in a pan moments after being torched to eliminate any mercury left, at an illegal mine the Amazon jungle, in the Itaituba area of Para state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020.

‘Mining kills’: A gold rush in Brazil threatens the Yanomami Indigenous people

May 25, 2021Violence

Thousands of illegal miners have invaded Yanomami land in recent years, polluting rivers, destroying forests and putting Indigenous communities at risk. Now, those communities are fighting back.

Yawalapiti Chief Aritana is seen in the Xingu National Park, Mato Grosso State, May 9, 2012.

Brazil’s Indigenous communities suffer grave losses from coronavirus 

August 25, 2020COVID-19

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