Uncontacted Amazon tribes could be wiped out by drug traffickers and oil companies

Barrett808

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Fri Aug-12-11 02:36 PM
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Uncontacted Amazon tribes could be wiped out by drug traffickers and oil companies

Brazilian officials fear for the survival of an isolated Amazon group after a remote guard post on the Peru-Brazil border was overrun by heavily armed suspected drug traffickers who crossed the border from Peru. The guard post was protecting the headwaters of the Envira river where stunning aerial photographs of an isolated tribe has made worldwide headlines in 2008.

Uncontacted Amazon tribes could be wiped out by drug traffickers and oil companies

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cableman24

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Fri Aug-12-11 02:38 PM
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1. t good news at all.

I hope those who love cocaine and oil are happy about this.

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villager

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Fri Aug-12-11 02:50 PM
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2. ...both of them destructive addictions

n/t

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Lorien

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Fri Aug-12-11 05:15 PM
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3. I'll bet that the oil companies are a bigger threat than the drug lords. nt

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glinda

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Fri Aug-12-11 06:08 PM
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4. k & R n/t

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