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Brazil's Amazon chief Raoni is hospitalized
JULY 18, 2020 / 8:04 PM / UPDATED 37 MINUTES AGO
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s top indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire has been hospitalized with digestive bleeding, according to a post on the Facebook page of Raoni’s institute.
The 90-year-old Amazon icon is in a hospital in the city of Sinop, in Brazil’s central state of Mato Grosso.
Raoni started showing symptoms of dehydration eight days ago and was initially taken from his tribe to a hospital nearby, the post said.
The Kayapo chief has become the symbol of the fight to stop deforestation in the Amazon.
More:
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-brazil-indigenous/brazils-amazon-chief-raoni-is-hospitalized-idUKKCN24K00N
