Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Has Become the Wild West for Illegal Gold Miners

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By Deutsche WelleApr 16, 2020, 11:50 am154 pts
By Peter Yeung From the skies above Creporizao, a remote town in the south of the Brazilian Amazon, the surrounding area looks like a vast blanket of dark green rainforest. But along the dirt roads and rivers that run through it like arteries are telling patches of muddy brown: illegal gold mines. Wildcat…

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