Indigenous artists from the Amazon use art for environmental advocacy

Denilson also uses his art to criticize Bolsonaro’s position on environmental questions like mining on indigenous lands. In his video “Azougue 80,” the artist eats artificial fishing lures from a plate next to a glass full of mercury (called azougue in Portuguese), the poisonous metal used in gold prospecting that contaminates rivers, including those in the Yanomami indigenous territory. In the background, there’s a soundtrack of Bolsonaro chatting with someone, praising gold prospecting and comparing it to fishing.
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