Solar energy is booming in Roraima, a state in the far north of Brazil, to the benefit of indigenous people and children in its capital, Boa Vista, and helping to provide a stable energy supply to the
In 1986, Jucá allowed illegal mining in
Roraima to advance by expanding an old airstrip in the region of Paapiu and
Couto de Magalhães, on the border between Brazil and Venezuela. The work of the
Brazilian Air Force (FAB) facilitated the entry of invaders, as no military base
was built at the site. The following year, Jucá expelled NGOs and religious
missions and ordered the removal of health teams from TI Yanomami, in the midst
of a pandemic of malaria and the flu. And in August 1988, at the end of his
term as chairman of Funai, he even proposed a 75% reduction in the size of TI