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    Fire it the cheapest and most common way of clearing land in the Amazon.

    Brazil Government and Private Registrars Blame Each Other for Land Titles Mess in the Amazon

    For a farmer in Brazil’s Amazon, Manoel Freire Camurca was doing pretty well for ...

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    Chris Arsenault and Karla Mendes
    Chief Geraldo Apurina, wife and children in front of their house - Chris Arsenault/Thomson Reuters Foundation

    Indians Are the Best Answer to Save the Amazon. But There Is Less Room for Them in the New Brazil

    Inside Brazil’s Indigenous Reserve 124, Chief Geraldo Apurina walks along a muddy footpath, past ...

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    Chris Arsenault and Karla Mendes
    A picture from the Labor Ministry shows slave work - Sergio Carvalho/MTE

    For Many Brazilians the Dream of Prosperity in the Amazon Ends Up in Slavery

    The dictionary definition of a settler, “one who emigrates to populate and/or exploit a ...

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    Thais Lazzeri
    A Brazilian landless peasant

    Catholic Church Denounces Brazil’s Agribusiness and Slavery

    Brazil's Pastoral Land Commission, linked to the Brazilian Catholic Church, has just released its ...

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