Government Inaction Enables Logging Threats to Uncontacted Amazon Tribe, Putting Lives at Risk

Deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest, the Mashco Piro tribe lives isolated from modern society to protect their culture and health. But recent reports reveal they are being forced towards neighboring villages as a logging company advances infrastructure right into their ancestral lands—a dangerous encroachment with potentially catastrophic consequences. How Does a Bridge Threaten National Sovereignty and Indigenous Survival? The construction of a permanent bridge by Maderera Canales Tahuamanu offers outsiders year-round access to the remote territory of this uncontacted tribe. While foreign interests push for resource extraction, this development puts America’s broader values of sovereignty and respect for indigenous peoples...