Amazon Indigenous groups fight soy waterway as Brazil fast-tracks dredging
via news.mongabay.com
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On Nov. 7 in Brazil, Indigenous people from the Tupinambá and other ethnic groups occupied the Tapajós River with small boats for several hours, halting barges carrying soybeans and other commodities near the city of Santarém, in the state of Pará. They did so peacefully, displaying banners with messages such as “agriculture passes, destruction remains,” […]