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With Only 3 Women Left, an Amazon Tribe Faced Extinction. an Unexpected Birth Now Brings Hope

Three women lived for years as the last members of the Akuntsu people, who were decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the Amazon rainforest in the 1970s and ‘80s.

Last updated March 5, 20261 source · 1 outlet

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