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| Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 24 2017, 02:25 AM (113 Views) | |
| mysysail | Aug 24 2017, 02:25 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41033228 |
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| mysysail | Aug 24 2017, 02:27 AM Post #2 |
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Brazil's government has abolished a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining. The area, covering 46,000 sq km (17,800 sq miles), straddles the northern states of Amapa and Para, and is thought to be rich in gold, and other minerals. The government said nine conservation and indigenous land areas within it would continue to be legally protected. But activists have voiced concern that these areas could be badly compromised. A decree from President Michel Temer abolished a protected area known as the National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca). Its size is larger than Denmark and about 30% of it will be open to mining. The mining and energy ministry says protected forest areas and indigenous reserves will not be affected. |
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| Che On The Rocks | Aug 24 2017, 06:33 AM Post #3 |
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^^^This is how Neoliberalism looks like in Latin America. Besides: Fire Sale: Brazil's Temer Government To Privatize 57 Firms
![]() Brazil's President Michel Temer and Brazil's Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles launch the new program of the Brazilian state development lender BNDES at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, August 23, 2017. | Photo: Reuters |
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| Che On The Rocks | Aug 31 2017, 06:43 AM Post #4 |
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Of course, there is Resistance: Brazil's pension overhaul on back burner, says government whip
Brazil court blocks Amazon mining decree
![]() The reserve was created in 1984 by the then-military government In the meantime, a "spectre" is haunting the Brazilian oligarchy...
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| Che On The Rocks | Sep 7 2017, 06:01 AM Post #5 |
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We Have Been Fighting for 500 Years: Indigenous Brazilians Resist Mass Land Expulsion
![]() Inhabitants of the Indigenous reserves in the vicinity of Sao Paulo say they are prepared to resist the eviction. | Photo: EFE |
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