By Dom Phillips in Santíssima Trindade
Residents of riverside communities in the state of Pará are unconvinced by the Bolsonaro government’s claims of jobs and other benefits that a dramatic extension of a trans-Amazon highway would bring
From the veranda of her wooden home, Joaci da Silva looked out across her garden towards the waters of the River Amazon, and shuddered as she considered the future.
“Today we live in a paradise,” she said.
Source: ‘Project of death’: alarm at Bolsonaro’s plan for Amazon-spanning bridge
Category: Global development, Brazil, World news, Americas
