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

Though they often lack contact with urban areas, across the Amazon -- in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Ecuador -- communities like those living around Tipnis are divided about their goals for the future. Many would be happy to continue the way they are, undisturbed by development. Above, children watch a canoe pass their village on the Sécure river in the Tipnis national park.

Noah Friedman-Rudovsky