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Release Date:
September 6, 2022
Original Title:
Gold Mining and Violence in the Amazon Rainforest
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Forensic Architecture
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 11
Since Jair Bolsonaro assumed the presidency of Brazil in 2019, vast tracts of the Amazon rainforest and the indigenous communities that live in and care for it have been subjected to increasing violence and a rapid increase in illegal gold mining, encouraged by his administration's rhetoric and policies. The research had three interrelated dimensions: the policies adopted by the Bolsonaro administration, the violent attacks against Yanomami villages, and the destruction of the environment. The evidence strongly suggested that the policies and rhetoric of the Bolsonaro administration before and during his presidential term correspond with the rapid increase in environmental destruction and violence against indigenous peoples throughout the Amazon.
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