‘We are on the eve of a genocide’ Brazil urged to save Amazon tribes from Covid 19
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Open letter by photojournalist Sebastião Salgado and global figures warns disease could decimate indigenous peoples
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Brazil’s leaders must take immediate action to save the country’s indigenous peoples from a Covid-19 “genocide”, a global coalition of artists, celebrities, scientists and intellectuals has said.
In an open letter to the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, figures including Madonna, Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, David Hockney and Paul McCartney warned the pandemic meant indigenous communities in the Amazon faced “an extreme threat to their very survival”. Continue reading...
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