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Aug 27
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Missing in the Amazon: the protector and...

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Revisited: Bruno Pereira was considered one of the great Indigenous protectors of his generation. And this made him an enemy of a man called Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, also known as Pelado. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, reports on the story of the two men and what happened when their paths collided. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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