Amazon tribes turn the tables on intruders with social media
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE
Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Indigenous Brazilians in the Amazon rainforest have endured years of scant recourse when prospectors and landgrabbers do violence in their territories. But social media is beginning to reach some remote villages giving residents the chance to alert authorities to illegal incursions and the power to rally an international audience to their defense.
