The Yanomami child stares with blank eyes out of a body reduced to skin and bones by extreme hunger. The image of the Yanomami humanitarian crisis circled the globe early this year. On Jan. 21, the Health Ministry of the new government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvadeclared a medical emergencyin Yanomami Indigenous territory deep in the Amazon rainforest  that for years has been invaded by illegal miners and loggers, and more recently, organized crime. More

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