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‘Best a human can be’: indigenous Amazonian Karapiru dies of Covid (7-30-21)

August 4, 2021

In AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce, In Memoriam COVID-19

‘Best a human can be’: indigenous Amazonian Karapiru dies of Covid Saeed Kamali Dehghan / The Guardian 7-30-21 Karapiru Awá Guajá, among the last of the hunter-gatherer Awá tribe, survived a massacre and a decade alone in the forest, inspiring others with his resilience and ‘extraordinary warmth’. He...

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