Rio's Carnival parade makes urgent plea to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands
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A performer from the Salgueiro samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)FILE - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, second left, and first lady Rosangela Silva, second from right, are received by an Indigenous party including Davi Kopenawa, a Yanomami leader and shaman, third from right, at the Caracarana Lake Regional Center in Normandia, on the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous reserve in Roraima state, Brazil, March 13, 2023. Rio de Janeiro's Salgueiro samba school paid tribute to the the Yanomami, Brazils largest Indigenous group, on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 in the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)A performer from the Salgueiro samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)A performer from the Salgueiro samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)A performer from the Salgueiro samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)A performer from the Salgueiro samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)People attend the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)A performer from the Salgueiro samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)FILE - A Brazil Environmental Agency helicopter flies over an illegal mining camp during an operation to try to contain illegal mining in Yanomami Indigenous territory, Roraima state, Brazil, Feb. 11, 2023. Rio de Janeiros Salgueiro samba school, that paid tribute to the Yanomami Indigenous group in the Carnival parade at the Sambrodome on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, is seeking to draw attention to the devastating effects brought by illegal mining inside Yanomami territory, including widespread river contamination, famine and disease. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)FILE - Yanomami Indigenous attend an event related to the annual Free Land Encampment protests, in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, April 25, 2023. Some 30,000 Yanomami live in Brazil's largest Indigenous territory, spanning more than 9 million hectares (22 million acres) in the northern area of the Amazon rainforest, along the border with Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix/File)FILE - Food is airdropped from a military transport aircraft to the Surucucu military base, to be delivered to Yanomami Indigenous people, in Alto Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, Jan 26, 2023. Severe malnutrition and disease, particularly malaria, are decimating the Yanomami population in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)FILE - Yanomami women hold their babies receiving medical treatment at the Santo Antonio Children's Hospital, in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, Jan 26, 2023. A year has passed since President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva declared a public health emergency for the Yanomami people in the Amazon, who are suffering from malnutrition and diseases such as malaria as a consequence of illegal mining. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)
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A performer from the Salgueiro samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)