Indigenous groups demand halt to Belo Sun Amazon gold mine

Mongabay
Mar 23, 2026, 4:51 pm184 ptsTrendingTop
More than 120 Indigenous protesters have occupied a federal building in Altamira in the Brazilian Amazon since Feb. 23. They are demanding that authorities block a Canadian mining company’s license to open one of the country’s largest open-air gold mines on the Xingu River. Led by a movement of Indigenous…

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