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The Amazon rubber cycle or boom (Portuguese: Ciclo da borracha, Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈsiklu da buˈʁaʃɐ]; Spanish: Fiebre del caucho, pronounced [ˈfjeβɾe ðel ˈkawtʃo]) was an important part of the socioeconomic history of Brazil and Amazonian regions of neighboring countries, being related to the commercialization of rubber and the genocide of indigenous peoples.
The deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has had a significant impact on Brazil's freshwater supply, particularly affecting the agricultural industry, which has been involved in clearing the forests. In 2005, certain regions of the Amazon basin experienced the most severe drought in over a century. [81] This can be attributed to two key ...
The Peruvian Amazon Company, also known as the Anglo-Peruvian Amazon Rubber Co., [4] was a rubber boom company that operated in Peru during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Headquartered in Iquitos , it gained notoriety for its harsh treatment of Indigenous workers in the Amazon Basin , whom its field forces subjected to conditions akin to slavery .
Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla Progressive International’s co-general coordinator, added: “Amazon is everywhere, but so are we. By uniting our movements across borders, we can not only force Amazon ...
The Putumayo genocide (Spanish: genocidio del Putumayo) refers to the severe exploitation and subsequent ethnocide of the indigenous population in the Putumayo region.. The booms of raw materials incentivized the exploration and occupation of uncolonised land in the Amazon by several South American countries, gradually leading to the subjugation of the local tribes in the pursuit of rubber ...
Nearly 9,000 Amazon workers on Thursday began what they are calling "the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history," targeting facilities in New York City, Atlanta, Southern California, San ...
Why Amazon workers are unionizing. ... so we launched our union. Since then, Amazon has refused to recognize us and negotiate a contract. We believe what they are doing is unfair and illegal. Now ...
Davis, a leading authority on slavery in the western world, has said the impetus for the book began as a series of lectures for a course he taught on slavery at Yale in 1994. [2] Davis' own interest in slavery began with his experiences with the segregation and sometimes mistreatment of black soldiers when he was stationed in Germany as an ...