In Latin America’s Rich Lands, Poor People

As Gustavo Jononovich documented, the bounty of natural resources in Latin America can sustain a community, but also destroy it through pollution and overdevelopment.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/26/in-latin-americas-rich-lands-poor-people/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog

There it was, the mighty Amazon, biggest jungle on earth, more wondrous than even Sir David Attenborough could convey. And it was dying.

It was worse than Gustavo Jononovich had expected