The Yanomami are the largest indigenous group in the Amazon rainforest, and in recent years, illegal gold mining has intensified on their lands, leading to mercury contamination of rivers and fish, deforestation, and a strong social impact on the indigenous population. This has led to a humanitarian tragedy that, until recently, was largely ignored by the authorities as the Yanomami witnessed the destruction of their environment and - as one Yanomami leader tells LBB - the deaths and sexual abuse of its people.
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