Published 2 years ago

Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon

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In the Brazilian Amazon these days, it’s nearly impossible to run for office talking up the environment. More common is a scene like this: A candidate for Congress parades a helicopter — the symbol of illegal gold mining — painted with the Brazilian flag, through the streets of the Amazon city of Boa Vista. He defends a gold rush that has devastated Indigenous territories and contaminated rivers. In a neighboring state an Indigenous candidate stops wearing green clothing in public out of fear of violence.

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Associated Press News

Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In the Brazilian Amazon these days, it's nearly impossible to run for office talking up the environment. More common is a scene like this: A candidate for Congress parades a helicopter — the symbol of illegal gold mining — painted with the Brazilian flag, through the streets of the Amazon city of Boa Vista.

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon

Like other Brazilians, residents of the Amazon will elect governors and lawmakers in general elections in October

2 years ago·United States

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The Washington Post

Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon

Like other Brazilians, residents of the Amazon will elect governors and lawmakers in general elections in October

2 years ago

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KRDO

Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon

by FABIANO MAISONNAVERIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Like other Brazilians, residents of the Amazon will elect governors and lawmakers in general elections in October. But as the campaign takes the streets, current record-breaking deforestation rates and other environmental problems gather scant attention from candidates and voters. Instead, many candidates vie for who has bolder promises to relax legal restrictions on gold mining, expand deforestation fo…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Winnipeg Free Press

Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In the Brazilian Amazon these days, it’s nearly impossible to run for office talking up the environment. More common is a scene like this: A candidate for Congress parades a helicopter — the symbol of illegal gold mining — painted with the Brazilian flag, through the streets of the Amazon […]

2 years ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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