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Indigenous people from nine villages in Brazil s Yanomami territory were found to be contaminated by mercury, with those living closer to illegal gold mining sites presenting higher levels of.
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Over the four-year administration of President Jair Bolsonaro, between 2019 and 2023, 570 Yanomami children perished as 20,000 wildcat miners, known in Brazil as garimpeiros, tore up the forest in what should have been protected Yanomami territory, seeking gold, tin and minerals used in contemporary hi-tech products.
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‘I’ll buy everything’: Yanomami gold is freely sold at Rua do Ouro
By Maria Fernanda Ribeiro and Clara Britto, from Amazônia Real |
07/07/21
We spotted illegal acquisition of the metal in the small shops at Rua do Ouro, which are also found in other areas of the city. Among the customers, there was even an indigenous health agent. The picture shows Joalheria Opalo, a jewelry shop, where an indigenous health agent from Sesai was spotted selling gold
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the capital city of Roraima, Boa Vista, part of the gold illegally extracted from