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LaDuke: Soybeans, the Amazon and us
After 33 days of protests, Brazil revoked a decree allowing waterway privatization, protecting Indigenous territories and the Amazon's ecological balance, officials said.
- Brazil revoked a presidential decree in late February following 33 days of protests by Indigenous people at a Cargill facility in Santarem.
- Previous authorization of private maintenance and dredging of waterways, which Indigenous groups argued threatened the Tapajós River and the Amazon Rainforest's ecological balance.
- Cargill, a Minnesota-based company, sought to expand port capacity for soybean transport, critics argue this drives regional deforestation and threatens the Amazon Rainforest's stability.
- Protecting ancestral territories from corporate expansion, Indigenous celebrated the decision as a major victory, safeguarding communities and ecosystems from threats posed by river privatization.
- While Cargill faces scrutiny, the USDA noted 1,300 farms closed in 2025 amid ongoing trade disputes, affecting US agriculture.
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LaDuke: Soybeans, the Amazon and us
At the end of February, Guaraní Indigenous people from what’s known as the Brazilian Amazonstopped a big Cargill project that would move more soybeans and cause more deforestation. Cargill, a Minnesota-based company, is driving Amazon deforestation and seems central to the demise of the U.S. soybean market. That’s not very nice. Let me explain. The Guaraní and other Native people want to protect their land, rivers and forests. The Native people …
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