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FILE - Indigenous people painted with red ink representing spilled Indigenous blood and clay representing gold, protest against the increase of mining activities that are encroaching on their land, in front of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, in Brasilia, Brazil, April 11, 2022. Some of the world’s biggest mining companies have withdrawn requests for research and production in Indigenous territories of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and have repudiated Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s efforts to legalize mining activity in the areas. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Mining companies back away from Brazil’s Indigenous areas

By Fabiano Maisonnave - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017 file photo, soldiers guard the streets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil’s Defense Minister Raul Jungmann promised Thursday, July 27, 2017 to have the military take an increasingly aggressive role in fighting drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro. Jungmann said troops will not just patrol, man checkpoints and help recover caches of automatic weapons, but also be used in police operations against drug traffickers. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Brazil defense minister: Troops to fight violence in Rio

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