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Gunmen threaten to assassinate leading Amazon shaman

2014-08-03 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Survival International: Davi Kopenawa, shaman and internationally renowned spokesman for the Yanomami tribe in Brazil`s Amazon rainforest, has demanded urgent police protection following a series of death threats by armed thugs reportedly hired by goldminers operating illegally on Yanomami land. In June 2014, armed men on motorbikes raided the Boa Vista office of Brazilian organization ISA, which works closely with the Yanomami, asking for Davi. The men threatened ISA`s staff with guns and stole computers and other equipment....

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