Kayapó chief dies from COVID-19 in Brazil, led protest against Amazon dam
Brazil's indigenous people lost one of their pioneering leaders to COVID-19 on Wednesday with the death of Paulinho Payakan, a Kayapó chief who led protests against the Belo Monte hydro-electric dam in the 1980s. [Source]
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