How Brazil's PCC is Complicating the Fight Against Illegal Mining
The PCC appears to be providing support to illegal miners in the Yanomami territory in Brazil's northern state of Roraima.
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The PCC appears to be providing support to illegal miners in the Yanomami territory in Brazil's northern state of Roraima.
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