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  • 11 months ago
He has fought his entire life for the Amazon region and its inhabitants. Today, as the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is fuelling growing concerns, former indigenous chief Raoni is launching a new appeal for help. Here is his message.

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00:00As for us, Mr. Amazonas, I am very worried.
00:09I came here to ask you for help, that you will help me more.
00:34You have to help my relatives too.
00:39The lumberjack is killing my people, my relatives.
00:42The farmer is killing my relatives.
00:45The farmer is killing my relatives.
00:49In the past, our grandfathers used to say,
00:54kill or don't kill, it's not good.
00:58So we go to our parents.
01:04In the past, our grandfathers used to say,
01:10kill or don't kill, it's not good.
01:13So we go to our parents.
01:16In the past, our grandfathers used to say,
01:21kill or don't kill, it's not good.
01:25So we go to our parents.
01:27I'm going to say, kill or don't kill.
01:31Be careful.
01:34It's not just us Indians who are going to die.
01:38You have to help me to get where we want to go.
01:45I don't want people to kill everyone.
01:58We want Brazilians not to kill the woods anymore.
02:03We want Brazilians not to kill the woods anymore.
02:08If you kill all the woods, the wind will be very strong.
02:13The sun will be hotter.
02:16When people kill everything,
02:19we won't breathe well.
02:23We will all die.
02:27We will all die.
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