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A model Indigenous territory in Brazil's Amazon seeks protection from criminal gangs

A model Indigenous territory in Brazil's Amazon seeks protection from criminal gangs
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The Ashaninka Indigenous people — who recovered their territory in the Brazilian border with Peru from settlers three decades ago, established and sustained their own governance, and grew crops while protecting the forest — have long been a success story for communities across the Amazon. But now...

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