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
Flying gigs had become scarce during the pandemic, and a small bar he ran in his native city, Santarém, was providing little income.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2021
The BR-163 connects the agricultural powerhouse state of Mato Grosso to the Amazon ports Miritituba and Santarém, and in November the army finished asphalting its last unpaved section.
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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