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Brazil's Supreme Court suspends the permit for Belo Sun's major gold mine in the Amazon rainforest

The ruling halts one of the biggest mining projects planned for the Brazilian Amazon. Quilombola and Indigenous communities are also using blockades, checkpoints and court action to fight off biofuel and palm oil giants in the region.

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