Roraima
Britishnoun
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The first cases in the current outbreak were detected in Roraima, a state in northern Brazil, at the end of 2022.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 4, 2024
An estimated 30,000 Yanomami people live in Brazil’s largest Indigenous territory, which covers an area roughly the size of Portugal and stretches across Roraima and Amazonas states in the northwestern corner of Brazil’s Amazon.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2023
All mining is illegal in Roraima, the state that includes much of the Yanomami land, but the streets of Boa Vista are lined with gold shops.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
Brazil’s Federal Police performed eight searches Friday targeting money laundering derived from illegal gold mining in Roraima state, where Indigenous Yanomami people are in a health crisis.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
Forest fires in the northern state of Roraima that year claimed such a huge area that Brazil requested aid from the United Nations.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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