As Brazil’s Far Right Leader Threatens the Amazon, One Tribe Pushes Back

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/world/americas/brazil-indigenous-mining-bolsonaro.html

The newly elected President in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, favors abolishing laws that protect indigenous communities and their land. While the government has steadily been cutting back on support for years,  Bolsonaro has gone as far as calling the indigenous people and their protests a "impediment for economic growth".  Many withing the indigenous community fear Bolsonaro may attempt to institutionalize a genocide of their people. More than 600 indigenous tribes have been harmed by years of illegal mining, and many already feel negatively about the government as it seemingly does nothing to help them. On the other hand, some tribes have resorted to participating in mining themselves as a means to survive. These tribes fear if Brazil successfully regulates mining while maintaining indigenous land, their means of survival will be taken away. If the Amazon continues to be razed, it will devastating effects on how much climate change.

--Jennie Fry