Brazil’s Indigenous affairs minister calls for penalties for those supporting the illegal gold trade

 Earlier this year, Lula’s government declared a medical emergency, following reports of increased levels of malaria and mercury poisoning among the region’s Indigenous communities. The administration concluded that wildcat gold miners were responsible for  bringing diseases into communities which had not previously been exposed to them, as well as polluting waterways with mine tailings.

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