Push for potash mine in Brazil’s Amazon looms over Indigenous people

Packed into a thatched-roof meeting hall in the village of Urucurituba, deep in the Brazilian Amazon, hundreds of Mura Indigenous people mulled over whether to allow a massive potash mine on their lands. Some worried it could pollute their rivers, killing the fish they depend on. Others questioned if the mine would really bring prosperity … Continue reading Push for potash mine in Brazil’s Amazon looms over Indigenous people