Tarnished Gold: Illegal Amazon gold seeps into supply chains
A review of public records by the Associated Press found that a Sao Paulo-based company has ties to an intermediary accused of buying gold mined illegally.
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A review of public records by the Associated Press found that a Sao Paulo-based company has ties to an intermediary accused of buying gold mined illegally.
Drawn by high gold prices, reduced state and federal oversight, and outdated mining legislation, plus pro-mining rhetoric and proposed legislation from far-right President Jair Bolsonaro that would make it legal to mine on reserves, thousands of miners have flocked to the Yanomami reserve in search of the precious metal, exacerbating…
BOA VISTA, Brazil (Associated Press) -- The scorching Amazon sun beats down as a group of agents inspect the body of a black helicopter. Nearby, in the backy...
A towering slab of rock broke from a cliff and toppled onto pleasure boaters drifting near a waterfall in a Brazilian lake Saturday. Dozens were injured.
Wall coming loose could have been related to recent heavy rains that caused flooding in the state