'It's as if we've learned nothing': alarm over Amazon road project

Memories of Brazil's dictatorship as plan threatens biodiverse home of three indigenous communitiesBrazilian activists have voiced alarm over their government's plans to bulldoze a 94-mile highway through a biodiverse corner of the Amazon along the border with Peru that is home to at least three indigenous communities.The planned road is an extension of the BR-364, a 2,700-mile highway that links Sao Paulo with the Amazon state of Acre, and would connect the town of Cruzeiro do Sul with the Peruvian border town of Pucallpa. Continue reading...