Santarém
Americannoun
noun
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Raimundo Barbosa, who farms cassava and fruit near the town of Boa Esperança outside Santarém in the southeastern Amazon, says when the forest is cleared "the environment is destroyed".
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025
It included some wooden buildings and a dirt runway that allowed for supply flights from Santarém.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
Auricélia Arapiun, 32, a law student and indigenous leader in Santarém, said that rather than developing the region, the government’s plans would “make the Amazon a desert”.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2020
This wheat plantation near Santarém, Brazil, used to be virgin Amazon rainforest.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2013
Contraceptive discontinuation and non-use in Santarém, Brazilian Amazon.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2012
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