South America: Open Letter In Defense Of Isolated Indigenous Peoples

South America: Open Letter In Defense Of Isolated Indigenous Peoples   Translated from Spanish, Original Below   I worked more than four decades in the Amazon rainforest. Five years ago, I convened the first international meeting in defense of indigenous peoples in isolation. We met in Belem do Pará and there proposed the creation of an International Alliance for protection. I say without distress, but clearly, we have made little progress in that regard. I feel the urgency of time, now...

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