Rumble in the Jungle

As Brazil takes the lead in bringing infrastructure development to South America, indigenous communities are fighting for their way of life.

BY NOAH FRIEDMAN-RUDOVSKY | JULY 20, 2012

Those living in Tipnis depend on the river and its fish for their survival. Environmentalists worry that the IIRSA highway would damage fragile Amazonian ecosystems in the area. Above, sardines and pirañas fill a canoe in Tipnis.

Noah Friedman-Rudovsky