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Elon Musk brought the internet to Brazil’s Amazon. Criminals love it
1 year, 9 months ago

Elon Musk brought the internet to Brazil’s Amazon. Criminals love it

LA Times  

A barge used in an illegal mining operation burns after being set ablaze by Brazilian environmental agents in the Yanomami Indigenous territory of Roraima state, Brazil, on Tuesday. Since taking office this year, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sought to crack down on environmental violations, particularly illegal mining in Yanomami land, Brazil’s largest Indigenous territory. Others are selling …

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Musk brought internet to Brazil’s Amazon. Criminals love it.
1 year, 9 months ago

Musk brought internet to Brazil’s Amazon. Criminals love it.

Associated Press  

ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil — Brazilian federal agents aboard three helicopters descended on an illegal mining site on Tuesday in the Amazon rainforest. The environment agency, known as Ibama, has seized seven Starlink terminals in Yanomami land over the past five weeks, the agency’s press office said. Others are selling the Starlink terminals on Facebook groups for illegal miners, like …

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Brazil votes: Indigenous candidates target Bolsonaro stronghold
2 years, 3 months ago

Brazil votes: Indigenous candidates target Bolsonaro stronghold

Al Jazeera  

This is the first in a three-part series on Roraima in the context of Brazil’s general elections. “It plays a large part in the economy.” Last October, Bolsonaro visited an illegal mining site in Raposa Serra do Sol and touted a proposed bill to legalise mining and other industrial-scale activities on Indigenous lands. “If you are going to mine, you …

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Brazil: Indigenous communities reel from illegal gold mining
3 years, 6 months ago

Brazil: Indigenous communities reel from illegal gold mining

Al Jazeera  

Sao Paulo, Brazil – The armed attackers came in boats during the night. Nevertheless, experts have said the most recent uptick in illegal mining and subsequent violence is due to falling state inspections and proposed legislation that would legalise mining across Brazil’s Indigenous reserves – both campaign promises by far-right populist President Jair Bolsonaro – as well as record-high gold …

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Brazil investigates reports of vaccines being exchanged for illegal gold
3 years, 8 months ago

Brazil investigates reports of vaccines being exchanged for illegal gold

India Today  

Federal prosecutors in the Brazilian state of Roraima are investigating reports that illegally-mined gold is being exchanged for Covid-19 vaccines in the Yanomami indigenous reserve, the prosecutors office told Reuters on Wednesday. The association said a health worker in the Homoxi district gave illegal miners vaccines in exchange for gold. “The Yanomami have long complained that materials and medicines intended …

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Brazil court decision sparks fears over Indigenous land
4 years, 4 months ago

Brazil court decision sparks fears over Indigenous land

Al Jazeera  

The Parakana people have for decades been fighting to protect their land from illegal miners, loggers and farmers. “Rights to territories, as provided in the Constitution itself, are non-disposable rights – they are not subject to any type of negotiation,” said Luiz Eloy Terena, a lawyer at APIB, Brazil’s main Indigenous federation. That is the government’s main interest – to …

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