Coronavirus Spreads Deep Into the Amazon, Imperiling an Ancient Tribe

Coronavirus Spreads Deep Into the Amazon, Imperiling an Ancient Tribe

AUARIS, Brazil—Arnaldo Sanuma, who lives deep in the Amazon, didn’t know Brazil’s president is Jair Bolsonaro, but he was aware of the pandemic that was sweeping the country. On a recent day, the 24-year-old member of the indigenous Yanomami tribe walked and paddled his canoe five hours from his village deep in the Amazon to this hamlet of thatched-roof … Read more