18 September 2012

BRASIL: Multinational Mining Giants Eye Protected Indigena Lands.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443589304577636033681313736.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

      The debate to exploit 688 indigena reserves in the Amazon and elsewhere has been going on for over a decade.
      It will soon resume in the legislature again...because the lands...that comprise 13% of Brasil...are rich with minerals that multinational mining giants covet.
     But most indigena tribes are against opening up their lands.