Indigenous groups survive in isolation in Peru,including the Mascho Piro, who in recent months beget begun reaching out. But some worry approximately the consequences: ‘If they live with us, and they risk losing everything they ever knew’Emerging from the mist-shrouded forest at dawn,11 naked figures wander across a stony beach alongside the swiftly-flowing Upper Madre de Dios river. From a clapboard government checkpoint perched on the opposite side of the river, Romel Ponciano – a protection agent from Perus ministry of culture – shouts out: “The brothers are here – the Nomole are on the beach.” Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com