What's happened
Illegal mining continues to threaten the Yanomami Indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest
Why it matters
The ongoing crisis highlights the failure of government efforts to protect the Yanomami and the devastating impact of illegal mining on Indigenous communities
What the papers say
The Independent reports that Brazil is losing the upper hand in its battle to save the Yanomami Indigenous people, while Al Jazeera highlights the ongoing suffering of the Yanomami despite government measures to expel illegal miners
How we got here
President Lula declared a humanitarian crisis among the Yanomami and vowed zero tolerance for illegal mining, but a year later, the situation has not improved
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, is a Brazilian politician and former union leader who served as the 35th President of Brazil from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2010.
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The Yanomami, also spelled Yąnomamö or Yanomama, are a group of approximately 35,000 indigenous people who live in some 200–250 villages in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Venezuela and Brazil.
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Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 211 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most