‘It’s total devastation’: inside the Amazonian war against illegal gold mining
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The Guardian reports on illegal gold mining in Brazil's Indigenous territories, highlighting a settlement called Vila Cururu that includes a brothel. Brazilian forces are actively working to eradicate the mining, which has severely damaged protected Indigenous lands. The situation underscores the ongoing conflict between environmental protection, Indigenous rights, and illegal resource extraction in the Amazon.
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Indigenous protected areas are destroyed.
Vila Cururu is an illegal gold-mining settlement located in Brazil's most desecrated Indigenous territory.
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Vila Cururu is an illegal gold-mining settlement located in Brazil's most desecrated Indigenous territory.
The Guardian- Indigenous protected areas are destroyed.
- Sex workers are involved, likely in exploitative conditions.
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Loaded language removed<p>The Guardian goes on the ground with Brazilian forces fighting to eradicate mining that has destroyed protected areas of Indigenous land</p><p>The jerry-built bordello at the foot of Vila Cururu, an illegal gold-mining settlement at the heart of Brazil’s most desecrated Indigenous territory, was a hive of depravity until just a few weeks ago.</p><p>Inebriated prospectors huddled around wooden…
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Vila Cururu is an illegal gold-mining settlement located in Brazil's most desecrated Indigenous territory.
The GuardianThe illegal mining settlement includes a brothel with pole-dancing sex workers and shacks.
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