Report Warns Illegal Economies Accelerate Violence and Destruction in the Amazon
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El Universo
http://www.brujuladigital.netViolence in the Amazon has ceased to be an isolated problem of drug trafficking or illegal mining to become a regional crisis that threatens indigenous communities, accelerates environmental destruction and evidences the weak state presence in one of the most strategic regions of the world, according to International Crisis Group.
"Violence in the Amazon ceased to be an isolated problem of drug trafficking or illegal mining to become a regional crisis threatening indigenous communities," said International Crisis Group.
The expansion of organized crime in the Amazon no longer represents only a security challenge, but also an environmental threat of a global scale. A recent report by the International Crisis Group warns that criminal networks currently operate in at least 67% of the Amazonian municipalities of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, promoting illegal activities that accelerate deforestation and put the ecosystem on the brink of a…
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