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Chief Raoni Metuktire gives an interview in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Raoni, who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon rainforest, called upon Brazil's president on Friday, July 28, 2023 to defend the rights of Indigenous people. (AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno)

Brazil’s Indigenous chief fighting to save Amazon urges President Lula to defend people’s rights

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Fishermen work in the Tapajos River in Alter do Chao, district of Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazil’s Amazon megaprojects threaten Lula’s green ambitions

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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2019 file photo, Kayapo tribal leader Raoni Metuktire smokes a pipe after a press conference in Bidart, southwestern France. The Indigenous leader emblematic of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon forest in Brazil was hospitalized with symptoms of pneumonia and tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Raoni Institute on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Bob Edme, File)

Brazil Indigenous chief Raoni tests positive for coronavirus

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FILE - In this May 17, 2019 file photo, Brazil's rainforest activist Chief Raoni Metuktire attends a march for climate in Brussels. The 90-year-old leader who has become a symbol of the fight for Indigenous rights and preservation of the Amazon rainforest has been hospitalized, his institute and a relative confirmed Saturday, July 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Indigenous leader Raoni recovers from illness in Brazil

By DANIEL CARVALHO - Associated Press