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Amazon indigenous people demand medical assistance for COVID-19

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Novo Progresso, Aug 18 (EFE).- A group of indigenous people on Tuesday held a protest blockading highway BR-163, an important road that crosses Brazil from north to south, against a lack of medical assistance for COVID-19, environmental concerns and the president's infrastructure plans for the Amazon.Members of the Kayapó ethnic group sat on the asphalt in Novo Progresso municipality in the Amazonian state of Pará, located in the north of Brazil, waiting to be heard by regional authorities.(Camera: ERNESTO CARRICO)FOOTAGE SHOWS A GROUP OF INDIGENEOUS PEOPLE PROTESTING IN THE BR-163 ROAD IN NOVO PROGRESSO, IN THE STATE OF PARÁ IN THE NORTH OF BRAZIL.

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