Canaa Dos Carajas, Brazil (AFP) May 9, 2023

Working under an improvised shed hidden in the rainforest, Webson Nunes hears a shout and flips on his winch, hauling a colleague up from deep inside a giant hole with a bucket full of riches.

Nunes, 28, and his four colleagues are “garimpeiros,” illegal miners who dig for precious minerals – in their case, at a wildcat copper mine outside Canaa dos Carajas, a small city at the edge of the
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