New deal pushes Amazon’s controversial ‘tipping point road’ ahead
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The 885-kilometer (550-mile) highway in Brazil between the cities of Manaus and Porto Velho, BR-319, is one of the most controversial infrastructure projects in the Amazon. Local politicians argue that repaving the road — left in disrepair for decades and unpassable during the rainy seasons — would reconnect Amazonas state, where Manaus is the capital, […]