A trip down the road that will determine the fate of the Amazon

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By Joaquim SallesSep 17, 2026, 4:45 am93 ptsTrending
For much of his career, Carlos Santos’ job involved being stranded in the middle of the Amazon. Santos is a truck driver on the BR-319, a hazardous dirt highway in Brazil that cuts through a critical part of the rainforest. “You knew when you were going in,” he said of the road. “But you never knew when…

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