Illegal Gold Mining Brought Death, Disease, and Violence to the Yanomami in Brazil

 The shocking images of death and destruction of the Yanomami people and their lands that recently swept the world reestablish a tragedy foretold. Illegal miners have been poisoning rivers with mercury and wrecking the Amazon rainforest for years, bringing armed violence, sexual abuse, and illnesses like tuberculosis, malaria, and COVID. And as illegal Amazon mining flourished in Brazil during Jair Bolsonaro’s regime, a grave humanitarian crisis emerged in Yanomami territory. 

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