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South America

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  • In Lucas do Rio Verde in the Amazon state of Mato Grosso, the terrible effects of one of these pesticides, Paraquat, accidentally sprayed over the population in 2006, can still be seen. It resulted in high cancer rates and the extinction of bees.
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    Death of the Pollinators

    This year the Brazilian government has authorized the use of 325 pesticides. In Lucas do Rio Verde...

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    Maria da Silva Trindade peeks out of her living room window to chat with the other residents of Marituba’s former leprosy colony. Trindade was diagnosed with the disease at the age of 15, and she moved into the colony the same year. Nearly 80 years later she’s still there. Image by Anton L. Delgado. Brazil, 2020.
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    PART OF: The Resurgence of Leprosy in Brazil

    Back to School: Leprosy Patients in Brazil Join Educational Pilot Program

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    Anton L. Delgado
    Rainforest Investigations Fellow
    May 29, 2020
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    Denise Almeida, who lives on the outskirts of Belém, has been battling leprosy for more than five years. While she is no longer considered contagious, Almeida preferred not to have her entire face photographed citing her concerns about the societal stigma she says still surrounds the Biblical disease. Image by Anton L. Delgado. Brazil, 2020.
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    PART OF: The Resurgence of Leprosy in Brazil

    Shorthanded Specialists Struggle to Address the Resurgence of Leprosy in Brazil

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    Anton L. Delgado
    Rainforest Investigations Fellow
    May 28, 2020
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    Crosses mark the graves of those who have passed away since early April, filling a new section of the Nossa Senhora Aparecida public cemetery amid the new coronavirus pandemic in Manaus, Brazil, Sunday, May 16, 2020. Image by Felipe Dana / AP Photo. Brazil, 2020.
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    PART OF: The Vulnerable: Unprotected in a Pandemic

    Death and Denial in Brazil's Amazon Capital

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    Renata Brito
    Grantee
    May 27, 2020
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    Doctor Daniel Siqueira, top, and nurse Janete Vieira monitor 89-year-old COVID-19 patient Sildomar Castelo Branco onboard an aircraft, as he is transferred from Santo Antonio do Iça to a hospital in Manaus, Brazil, Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Image by AP Photo/Felipe Dana. Brazil, 2020.
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    PART OF: The Vulnerable: Unprotected in a Pandemic

    In Brazil Amazon, Help a Flight Away for Many Virus Patients

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    May 22, 2020
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  • People wearing protective masks while waiting for turns to enter a supermarket during the COVID-19 pandemic in Caracas. Venezuela, 2020. Image by Edgloris Marys / Shutterstock.
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    COVID-19 Strikes a Country in Crisis: Dispatches From Venezuela

    Venezuelans are facing a complex humanitarian crisis. According to the United Nations, the Latin...

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    Image by Prodavinci. Venezuela, 2020.
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    PART OF: COVID-19 Strikes a Country in Crisis: Dispatches From Venezuela

    How Epidemics End

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    Luisa Salomón
    Grantee
    May 21, 2020
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    Seu Francisco is a rubber tapper and one of the 400 residents of the Guariba-Roosevelt Extractive Reserve -- he remains, even after a sharp drop in the price of natural latex. Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2020. Image by Ahmad Jarrah. Brazil, 2020.
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    PART OF: Roosevelt River: Life in the Most Dangerous Region of the Amazon

    With Sustainable Extraction, Forest Communities Resist Deforestation (Portuguese)

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    May 20, 2020
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    PART OF: The Threat of an Andean Flood and the City That Lies in Its Wake

    In Order to Talk About Climate Change, We Need to Talk About Colonialism

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    Audrey Fromson
    2019 Reporting Fellow
    May 19, 2020
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    Edna Shanenawa is interviewed in the series "Voices of the Forest: Forest Peoples Alliance." Image by Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil. Brazil, 2020.
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    PART OF: Thirty Years Later: Brazil's Reconquered Democracy

    Video: Voices of the Forest | Edna Shanenawa (Portuguese)

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    Thiago Mendonça
    Amazon RJF Grantee
    May 19, 2020
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    Image by Rosa Laura / IDL-Reporteros. Peru, 2020.
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    PART OF: Centinela: Probing Latin America's response to COVID-19

    In the Shadows of the Pandemic (Spanish)

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    Rosa Laura
    Grantee
    May 19, 2020
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    Pedro Xapuri. Image by Thiago Mendonça. Brazil, 2020.
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    PART OF: Thirty Years Later: Brazil's Reconquered Democracy

    Voices of the Forest | Pedro Xapuri (Portuguese)

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    Thiago Mendonça
    Amazon RJF Grantee
    May 18, 2020
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