An uncontacted Amazon tribe whose existence has only just been confirmed is already at imminent risk of being wiped out, while the Brazilian authorities turn a blind eye. The tribe’s presence was recently verified by an official expedition, but their territory is unprotected, and close to an area along the Purus river in the western More

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