The data the text offers indicates that illegal miners systematically abuse women and children in exchange for food. At the same time, Cases of rape of indigenous children are detailed.
Testimonies collected in the study denounced the position of miners offering goods to encourage child marriages and They condemned the 2020 deaths of three girls from sexually transmitted diseases.
The Hutukara Yanomami Association emphasized that the miners dominate the Yanamomi indigenous lands grew mainly from the second half of 2020during the COVID-19 pandemic.
That’s what the investigation suggested Illegal mining saw 30% growth in 2020 and 46% in 2021 in this area, which is the largest reserve in the country with more than 10 million hectares, divided between the states of Amazonas and Roraima. Between 2016 and 2021, illegal mining on Yanomami indigenous lands grew by 3,350%.
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According to the company, from 2019 to date, “four children have died from malnutrition, one youth from malaria and seven people from aggression.” Another consequence of the presence of miners, known as garimpeiros, is deforestation, river pollution, violence and diseases such as malaria.
Around 29,000 indigenous people live in the area in about 350 communities and there are 273 communities affected by mining. affecting more than 16,000 people.
According to the Yanomami statements, the presence of the miners is mainly the result of the elections of President Jair Bolsonaro, where the “policy of the current government” is “to encourage and support the activity, despite its illegal nature, and thus produce the expectation of a regularization of practice”.
(With information from Telesur)