According to Mr. Temer, though, “It’s no paradise.” His administration is quick to point to the presence of illegal loggers and miners in the reserve who are “plundering the nation’s wealth” and polluting the water supply with mercury. They claim that legal operations will push out prospectors, but history shows that prospectors will be drawn like mosquitoes to the allure of fresh veins.
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