“One official in the state oil company likened the tribes to the Loch Ness monster, a mere figment of the imagination concocted by environmentalists to sabotage Peru’s economic growth. The” — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“Like the rest of her people, back then she’d thought that the whites were but a handful, and she proposed wiping them out once… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“One official in the state oil company likened the tribes to the Loch Ness monster, a mere figment of the imagination concocted by environmentalists… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“an even more withering drought returned in 2010. Billions more trees perished, releasing their stored carbon. For the first time, the Amazon had become… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“The government exists for one purpose—to take everything away from you.” — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“The monstrosity was topped by a gray, weather-beaten shack, the living quarters, whose upper story was peppered full of bullet holes and buckshot, eloquent… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“The plane reportedly made a first pass over the village, dumping packets of sugar to lure a crowd to the central plaza. Then it… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“counting their 4 percent share as they drilled away at the riverbank and leached out the gold into dull yellow cakes” — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“His intentions were pure, at least he thought so; he wanted to get the Indians to medical care quickly. But the more he thought… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“Which smells more—one piece of shit or two? Take deforestation. You cut down the forests, and you destroy the flora, the fauna, the rivers.… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“the original Americans were undoubtedly better off before our European forebears arrived at their shores. And if there were still some final holdouts, like… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“You know, Indians don’t attack whites just because they like to or because it’s their nature,” Possuelo said, imparting a quick civics lesson. “They… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“When the waitress came to take our order, I ordered an ice-cold Coke. Guzzling it down in no time flat, I was left with… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
