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Updated 6:34 am PDT, Friday, October 11, 2019 Fisherman Romuel Sambrea, known as a "tripero" for the inner tube he uses to float on, poses for a portrait after a day's work on the oil-contaminated Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Venezuela, July 12, 2019. "The situation here is very difficult," said the father of four. "I'm a baker, but I can't live with just one job." less Fisherman Romuel Sambrea, known as a "tripero" for the inner tube he uses to float on, poses for a portrait after a day's work on the oil-contaminated Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Venezuela, July 12, 2019. "The ... more Photo: Rodrigo Abd, AP Photo: Rodrigo Abd, AP Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close Image 1 of 29 Fisherman Romuel Sambrea, known as a "tripero" for the inner tube he uses to float on, poses for a portrait … [Read more...] about In black and white: Venezuelan fishermen among oil ruins

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Mexico’s few remaining indigenous Lacandon say settlers are threatening their ancestral home, the last pocket of tropical rainforest in North America.There are only about 1,500 Lacandones left, scattered in a handful of settlements across the 1,280-square-mile (3,312-square-kilometer) Montes Azules jungle reserve on Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala.Over the years, other indigenous groups like the Tzeltales and Choles have settled in the jungle. But the settlers plant large fields and raise cattle, something the Lacandones don’t do.In August, residents of the reserve held elections for officials who will mark each group’s territory in the reserve, and the Lacandones say they were locked out by their more numerous, newer neighbors. Lacandon leader Chankin Chambor said Thursday, “We are the owners of the Lacandon jungle; we conserve it.” … [Read more...] about Mexico’s indigenous Lacandon battle farmers over rainforest