Amazon in 5 minutes: drug trafficking in Ecuador and mining in the Yanomami Indigenous Land

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This week's Amazon in 5 minutes brings you the main news stories about the world's largest rainforest that took place between January 5th and 11th. This week's highlights are: - Ecuador declares itself to be in a state of internal armed conflict against drug traffickers. So far, at least 14 people have been killed in the wave of violence the country is facing; - After a meeting with ministers, the federal government has earmarked more than R$1 billion to deal with the humanitarian crisis facing the Yanomami people. Now, the government will have permanent actions in the indigenous territory; - 95% of Ibama employees join the strike for the valorization of the category. ICMBio employees also join the strike. This program is produced by Amazônia Latitude. For more information, visit http://amazonialatitude.com