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Indigenous leader Raoni receives palliative care in Brazil after cancer diagnosis

Indigenous leader Raoni receives palliative care in Brazil after cancer diagnosis
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Renowned Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire is receiving palliative care at home in the Brazilian heartland after being diagnosed with cancer at age 94, his institute said Monday. The Raoni Institute said the cancer diagnosis in the chief's digestive system was confirmed after he was hospitalized i...

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