Amazon Highway Reconstruction Project Is a Source of Contention in Brazil

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Issue Oct 25-31 2023: The reconstruction of the BR-319 – a 885 kilometer highway that links Manaus to Porto Velho that serves as the only means of accessing the capital of Amazonas with the rest of the country – has generated controversy in Brazil, as the project threads through protected forest and Indigenous lands.

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