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"Hands Off Our Rivers!" Riverfolk demand halt to Tocantins shipping channel - LONGREAD

Tiffany Higgins

Tiffany Higgins

— 12 min read
"Hands Off Our Rivers!" Riverfolk demand halt to Tocantins shipping channel - LONGREAD
Traditional riverfolk in Pará state blocked the Transamazonian Highway to press Brazil to cancel a license to blast the Lourenção Rocks fishery for a shipping channel on the Tocantins and Araguaia rivers. Protesters also called for a halt to the planned channel construction. Photo: Weslley Souza.

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