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The Robber Baron Mafias of the Lawless Amazon Rainforest

2023/4/11
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Sean Williams和Danny Gold讨论了亚马逊雨林长期存在的各种犯罪活动，包括非法采矿、毒品走私、森林砍伐和非法捕捞。他们指出，这些活动导致了该地区持续不断的暴力和不稳定，并最终导致记者Dom Phillips和人权活动家Bruno Pereira遇害。他们还探讨了巴西政府在打击这些犯罪活动方面的作用，以及环境保护和社会正义之间的相互作用。他们回顾了Chico Mendes的生平和死因，以及他为保护亚马逊雨林所做的努力。他们还讨论了该地区其他环保活动家的死亡，以及这些事件对当地社区和全球环境的影响。 Sean Williams和Danny Gold详细介绍了亚马逊雨林中各种犯罪组织的活动，包括与毒品走私、非法采矿和非法捕捞有关的组织。他们分析了这些组织之间的相互作用以及它们与巴西政府之间的关系。他们还讨论了这些犯罪活动对当地社区的影响，以及对环境保护工作者和记者的威胁。他们还探讨了巴西政府在打击这些犯罪活动方面的作用，以及环境保护和社会正义之间的相互作用。他们还讨论了该地区其他环保活动家的死亡，以及这些事件对当地社区和全球环境的影响。

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The episode discusses the背景 and context of the murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, highlighting the rampant organized crime and environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest.

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Last year’s murders of journalist Dom Phillips, and indigenous rights campaigner Bruno Pereira, shocked Brazil and the world. But they were just one violent conclusion to a story of mafias of all stripes—from fish mobs and narcos to KKK-like ranchers and rubber barons—who’ve stalked the remotest corners of the Amazon Rainforest since the turn of the 20th century.

Going from gold rushes to the death of famed eco-warrior Chico Mendes, it’s a tale of environmental crime and destruction, plus the growing threat of coca traffickers and urban gangsters, that didn’t just make Phillips’ and Pereira’s deaths a possibility—it made them near-certain.

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