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Brazil: Satellites expose rampant gold mining expansion on Indigenous Kayapó land

By Shanna Hanbury The Kayapó Indigenous Territory has emerged as a major hotspot for illegal gold mining in the Brazilian ...
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Indigenous groups demand halt to Belo Sun Amazon gold mine

More than 120 Indigenous protesters have occupied a federal building in Altamira in the Brazilian Amazon since Feb. 23. They are demanding that authorities block a Canadian mining company’s license to ...