‘Expulsion by suffocation’: How soy expansion and herbicide use are displacing Amazonian communities

In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, the expansion of soy is not only transforming landscapes but also suffocating the communities that inhabit them. The intensive use of herbicides in soybean plantations— particularly glyphosate—has deeply disrupted the dynamics that sustain life in Amazonian communities and their relationship with the land.

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