Brazil declares emergency over deaths of Yanomami children from malnutrition – -some illegal gold miners appear to be headed to Guyana

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s ministry of health has declared a medical emergency in the Yanomami territory, the country’s largest indigenous reservation bordering Venezuela, following reports of children dying of malnutrition and other diseases caused by illegal gold mining.

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