Brazil's president on Monday announced a crackdown on transportation of supplies to illegal gold miners in the Yanomami reservation in northern Brazil, hoping to force out the wildcat miners who have caused a humanitarian crisis among the area's indigenous people.
After meeting with ministers, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva mandated a number of initiatives to fight illegal mining and other criminal activities in the region, the government said in a statement.
"The actions also aim to prevent the access of people not authorized by the public authorities to the region, to prevent illegal activities and the spread of diseases," it added.- who live on Brazil's largest indigenous reservation, near the Venezuela border - rely on for water and food, leading to malnutrition and disease.
Lula has also ruled that the Yanomami should be given nutritional and health assistance, as well as guaranteed access to drinking water, "in the shortest possible time," the statement said.the government to act to stamp out illegal gold mining and interrupt the network that launders illegal gold, which is often sold to jewelry makers overseas.
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