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· Laurence Blair in Concepción, Maximiliano Manzoni in Asunción, and Marcello Rossi in Parma. Photographs and video by Matteo Fabi
‘We said no, no, no, but they kept insisting’: the Paraguayan people battling a eucalyptus empire
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It is Paraguay’s largest private investment but local people accuse a forestry giant of ignoring their contamination concerns over its vast plantationWhen Paracel arrived in Tacuarita, an Indigenous community of homes made from planks and plastic sheeting in Paraguay’s poorest region, six years ago, it was a welcome sight. The company improved the dirt roads and dug an electric-powered well, saving villagers a two-mile journey to fetch water from a cattle pond that often made them sick. It also
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