In the Brazilian Amazon, illegal miners are ravaging Yanomami lands. Jon Lee Anderson embeds with a unit of combat-trained environmentalists who are fighting to save the rain forest.
As the helicopter hovered, five Yanomami ran into the clearing, gazing up at the intruders. Several lifted bows and shot arrows. The miners whooped with derisive laughter. “Look at the cannibals,” one of them cried. Another said, “Go on, throw the arrow,” before telling his friends, “Let’s get out of here.
has twenty-eight hundred employees, but very few apply for the training, and fewer still qualify. Out of the twenty or so who tried out most recently, Finger said, only four were accepted. Finger had the physique and the temperament of a natural athlete. Growing up in the city of Cuiabá, in Brazil’s farm belt, he had played soccer well enough to consider a career, but ended up emulating his father, who ran the forestry-engineering department at the local university.
’s staff of rangers by sixty per cent, and had imposed similar cuts at the agencies for Indigenous affairs and the environment. The agencies that worked in the Amazon were handed to archconservative military officers. The environment ministry was given to an advocate of deregulation, who later resigned after being accused of involvement in an illicit logging scheme.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Amazon's Best-Selling Electric Spin Scrubber Is 30% Off During Amazon's Big Spring SaleThe best-selling Labigo Electric Spin Scrubber is discounted for the brand's Big Spring Sale
Read more »
Special Olympics is truly a special day for hundreds of Baldwin County students and familiesThe games got underway with the opening ceremony. Hundreds of special Olympians paraded around the track to the cheers of family, friends and classmates.
Read more »
Special Olympics is truly a special day for hundreds of Baldwin County students and familiesStudent of all ages and from schools across Baldwin County competed in their favorite events. They included the 50 and 100-yard dash, jumping competition and softball and tennis ball throws.
Read more »
Just 32 Unique, Weird, And Fun Things To BuySpecial items for special people.
Read more »
Brazilian police launch investigation into Bolsonaro’s 2-night sleepover at Hungarian embassyThe Associated Press
Read more »
Brazilian Police Launch Investigation into Bolsonaro's 2-night Sleepover at Hungarian EmbassyBrazil's Federal Police on Monday launched an investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro 's twonight stay last month at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia, amid widespread speculation from his opponents that he may have been attempting to evade arrest.A Federal...
Read more »