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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rosiene Carvalho

Potassium mining project in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest divides Indigenous tribe

APTOPIX Brazil Amazon Potassium Mining - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon, looking out at the amber waters that are surrounded by a jagged shoreline that has been home for centuries to Indigenous people known as Mura.

“It’s the most beautiful sunset," said Mura. "I doubt there’s another like it in the world.”

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