How wildcat mining is behind the Yanomami crisis in Brazil. mining Yanomami Lula Bolsonaro
According to the Indigenous People Minister Sonia Guajajara, who visited the Roraima state with Brazilian President Lula, 570 Yanomami children have died during Brazil’s past administration, under president Bolsonaro.Bolsonaro, in office from 2019 to 2023, based his presidential campaign on pledges to increase development in the Amazon. His term was marked by a move to allow mining in Indigenous territories and a 15-year high in deforestation in the Amazon.Brazil produced 47.
According to Rodrigues, the illegal miners are behind attacks against the indigenous population, and pollution of the soil and waters because of the use of mercury in gold extraction.Sophisticated crime When miners sell gold to a DTVM, they fill out a paper form asking for the gold’s origin. The information is not checked and the provision of documents providing proof of origin is not required. Under current law, the declaration of origin is based on good faith.
The second biggest DTVM is Ourominas. One of its partners, Juarez de Oliveira e Silva Filho, has business and personal connections that include a holding company in Dubai and relationships with the media and Brazilian politics.
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