Over three million people signed a petition calling for an emergency meeting of the United Nations to debate ways to halt the destruction of the rainforests. Ailton Krenak of the UNI accepted the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights award.
40,000 gold miners invaded Roraima. 15 Yanomami died as a result of the miners bringing malaria into Yanomami territory. Rivers have been polluted with mercury and gold miners are quickly spreading venereal diseases.
Ten Salasaca indians are in hiding to avoid being captured by the Service of Criminal Investigation. A number of robberies occured in Salasaca areas by Mestizos who were part of a gang. The Salasaca's are losing land, lives, and other property to theā¦