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Brazil's isolated tribes protection system has been hailed around the world; it serves as a model for neighboring countries like Peru, where isolated populations appear. But the pace of economic activity accelerates in the Amazon, some experts say the protection system that was once the envy of South America is disintegrating. Public and private companies push deeper into the Amazon, and drug traffickers through the territories of isolated groups. contact rate seems to be rising, and in the last 18 months, three groups made contact in Brazil. Last summer, near the border with Peru, for example, isolated tribespeople spontaneously approached, saying they have fled attacks from outside. The Brazilian authorities have helped manage the contact, but critics say that the young members of the tribe did not receive medical attention when needed. They charge that Brazil is prepared for a series of contacts.

  • * in Brasilia. Minutes of these stories was supported in part by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

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