... that think they have been bewitched such as singing, whistling, and blowing tobacco smoke over the "sick person". The witches specialty however is evil-doing. One such example is about a jungle farmer named Alfonso. After mourning the death of his beloved Clothilde, whose father made her run away and get married to another man, ... he felt as though he should take revenge on her father. He went to the man while he slept and put an evil ... in size. No one could find anyone to cure him. Very few ayahuasqueros will admit to being witches. Most of the tales of these spells that witches put...

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... harmlessly extracting sap from rubber trees, which is then used in such products as car tires and pencil erasers. Rubber tapping is one of the many ways in which the resources of the Amazon are exploited without permanently harming the ecosystem. It is a sustainable agricultural system and Chico Mendes followed in his father's footsteps in becoming a rubber tapper. For major trans national ... 180 million years old. Not surprisingly, Mendes encountered a great deal of opposition from industrialists and corrupt government officials who were profiting from the tearing down of the Amazon. ...

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... a highly evolved group ecologically, exemplifying living in balance with the ecosystem. They cultivate many types of plants utilizing biological pest control. They domesticate and classify the insect life. All parts of the surrounding jungle are utilized by them for practical and medicinal purposes. The Kayapo belong to the Ge linguistic group that reside around the southern tributaries of the Amazon. They represent an ancient culture of seasonal farmers ... and gatherers. During the rainy season they live in highly complex wheel-shaped villages in ... ...

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... Brazil are extensive, and developed rapidly once capital and adquate transportation facilities became available in the 1970's. Coal is mined in Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and elsewhere. A gold rush like in America is in the Amazon Jungle, it has been unabated since 1979, has made Brazil one of the world's largest producers. The country's iron deposits, at Itabira and elsewhere, are one of ... the world's richest. Iron-ore output was about 213 million metric tons in the early 1990's, which made Brazil the world's second largest producer (Encarta, Brazil). In conclusion Brazil ......

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... XVI). This natural cycle occurring in the Amazon produces a vital 1/5 of the world's oxygen (Ghitis). Such important products as: Brazil nuts, cocoa, curare (an important drug), pineapples, and rubber can be found within the confines of this dense jungle (Amazon 402). These important economical products are one of the reasons why the detrimental deforestation of the Amazon is taking place by the uncaring hands of big business and ... the governments that stand behind them in their efforts. The Brazilian government has decided to allow big business to cut millions of ... ...

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