Wired Warriors The Internet Indians Leading The Fight for Amazonia Full Documentary

The internet is our weapon. We no longer fight with bows and arrows," says Benki Piyako, son of the Ashaninka chieftain in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. "We are only safe on our territory if we are connected." The Ashaninka live in the Brazilian-Peruvian border region. Their region is rich in valuable tropical timber and regularly attracts illegal logging teams. Wherever the Indians stand in the way of the timber mafia, their villages are attacked and the people killed or chased away

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