Masked men invading and taking Amazon communities ‘hostage’ in organised crime surge, say local leaders | Amazon rainforest
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Here's my bet: in some years it will turn out this was a hostile takeover of land by some western corporation. Something like Nestlé, coca cola, etc. And it will be like "oh no how horrible. Anyway, here's the weather"