Elon Musk brought internet to Brazil’s Amazon. Criminals love it.

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Brazilian federal agents aboard three helicopters descended on an illegal mining site in the Amazon rainforest. They were met with gunfire, and the shooters escaped, leaving behind an increasingly familiar find for authorities: Starlink internet units.

In this image provided by IBAMA, Brazil's Environmental Agency, federal agents destroy an illegal mining barge inside Yanomami Indigenous territory, Roraima state, Brazil, March 14, 2023.

Since taking office this year, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has empowered authorities to crack down on environmental violations, particularly illegal mining in Yanomami land, Brazil’s largest Indigenous territory. In recent years, an estimated 20,000 prospectors contaminated vital waterways with mercury used to separate gold. They have disrupted traditional Indigenous life, brought disease and caused widespread famine.

Starlink has long viewed the Amazon as an opportunity. That was underscored by Musk’s visit to Brazil last May. He met with then-President Jair Bolsonaro and the region was at the center of their conversation. With high demand for internet, dozens of the riverside town’s 21,000 residents flock to Alves’ hotel each day. Its balcony is a meeting point for teenagers who spend hours playing online games on their phones.A world away, in Ukraine, Starlink has yielded advantages on the battlefield in its war with Russia.

 

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More anti-Elon garbage from the Chicago Communist Tribune elonmusk

'Grrr, that Elon Musk is such a bad guy!' Funny how the media/Democratic Party machine loved him until he took away their Twitter toy.

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