Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Indigenous village faces existential threat from Brazil dam burst

By Leonardo Benassatto and Adriano Machado SAO JOAQUIM DE BICAS, Brazil (Reuters) - Miles (km) downstream from where a dam owned by miner Vale SA burst on Friday, killing hundreds, a small indigenous village in Brazil faces doubts about its very existence as the river at the centre of life here runs dark with mining waste. For members of the Pataxo-Hahahae tribe living at the end of a sinuous dirt road, fish from the Paraopeba River are the principal source of food.

from Latest News World on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2BaNsPT

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