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"BRASILIA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Brazil's ministry of health has declared a
medical emergency in the Yanomami territory, the country's largest indigenous
reservation bordering Venezuela, following reports of children dying of
malnutrition and other diseases caused by illegal gold mining.
A decree published on Friday by the incoming government of President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva said the aim of the declaration was to restore health
services to the Yanomami people that had been dismantled by his far-right
predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
In four years of Bolsonaro's presidency, 570 Yanomami children died of curable
diseases, mainly malnutrition but also malaria, diarrhea and malformations
caused by mercury used by wildcat gold miners, the Amazon journalism platform
Sumauma reported, citing data obtained by a FOIA.
Lula visited a Yanomami health center in Boa Vista in Roraima state on Saturday
following the publication of photos showing children and elderly men and women
so thin their ribs were visible."
Via Frederick Wilson II.
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*** Xanni ***
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