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Colombian guerrilla fighters, who long used kidnapping to raise cash and gain negotiating clout, have turned to a new type of hostage: the Amazon rainforest.The guerrillas also charge a percentage on production of coca -- the leaf used to make cocaine -- and on illegal miners advancing ever deeper into the rainforest, said Ebus.
Colombian guerrilla fighters, who long used kidnapping to raise cash and gain negotiating clout, have turned to a new type of hostage: the Amazon rainforest.
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The full title of this article is “‘Dirty political games’: Suriname is selling its gold and timber – at the cost of tribal land rights.” Bram Ebus (in Pokigron, Suriname) reports for The Guardian. All photographs by Bram Ebus. He writes, “Communities such as the Saamaka are vocal in opposition to increased mining and logging…