RIO DE JANEIRO: When most of the world talks about the riches of the Amazon they mean the unique rainforest and so-called lungs of the planet.

But Brazilian President Michel Temer has given the nod to a more literal sense of riches— mineral extraction—leaving environmentalists and activists including Gisele Bundchen up in arms.

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