Survivors of a previously unknown Amazon tribe have escaped gunmen in Peru, seeking refuge with settled indigenous communities in Brazil. But as Alice Bayer reports, their problems are far from over. Many remain under threat in Peru, and even the refugees are at risk of common but potentially lethal infections.
… Peru: uncontacted tribe flees massacre in the … International | 22nd August 2014 News Brazil Peru Indigenous Peoples Forests Mining Health … unknown Amazon tribe have escaped gunmen in Peru, seeking refuge with settled indigenous …
Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has a devastating effect on indigenous peoples, writes Sarina Kidd. First the miners bring disease, deforestation and even murder. Then long after they have gone, communities are left to suffer deadly mercury poisoning. Now the UN has been called on to intervene.
… International | 5th April 2016 News Amazon Peru Toxics Mining Pollution Health Un … is taken to control the contamination. In Peru, 80% of a Nahua community have tested … mercury poisoning. Government negligence The Peruvian government has known about the …