Brazil’s Indigenous tribes: COVID-19 spreading in Amazon region
As coronavirus pandemic spreads in Brazil, its Indigenous communities are taking a disproportionate hit.
24 May 2020
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As coronavirus pandemic spreads in Brazil, its Indigenous communities are taking a disproportionate hit.
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