Brazil: Miners Massacre Tribes-people

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Brazil
Miners Massacre Tribes-people
Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into the massacre of 10 members of an ‘uncontacted’ tribe in the Javari Valley of the Amazon. A Brazilian agency filed an official complaint after the miners were overheard bragging in a bar about killing the tribes-people. According to a witness, they boasted about cutting up the bodies of the tribes-people and throwing them in the river. The gold miners claim that it was a kill or be killed situation and that they acted in self-defense. The first reported killing of uncontacted indigenous people in the region occurred in February of this year.

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Further Reading: NY Times, Guardian, Washington Post, Daily Mail

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Mexico
Pulls Harvey Aid
On September 7th, an 8.1 magnitude earth quake struck Mexico’s southern Pacific Coast. Following the quake, was a Gulf coast hurricane, Hurricane Katia, which hit September 9th. The combined natural disasters have reportedly taken at least 90 lives in Mexico and the region has suffered damage to infrastructure, roads, and the threat of food shortages. Today, the Mexican government pulled Harvey aid for Texas as it grapples with the aftermath of two natural disasters.

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Further Reading: Politico, VOX, CNN, Financial Times

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Syria
Russian Airstrikes

Dozens of civilians have been killed in a Russian air raid along the Euphrates River near Deir Az Zor city in Syria. There has been no immediate response from Russian authorities. Rami Abdel Rahman from the UK based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the air raids were targeting more than 40 ferries which were heading to the eastern shore of the Euphrates River from Al-Boulil, a town southwest of Deir Az Zor.

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Further Reading: CBS, BBC, ABC, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2)

Graphic Source: Google Maps

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Brazil: Miners Massacre Tribes-people