Of course we think about it. But we wanted to come here. It s the frontier. Things are much more exciting than in Rio or Sao Paulo. One way or another the frontier draws everybody.
Dreams can come true that have been dashed elsewhere.
The politicians coined a slogan when Amazonia was first being opened - Land without people. For people without land. The tragedy of Carajazao is that for most, nothing has changed. Charles Secrett is Campaigns Co-ordinator for Friends of the Earth UK, and author of Rainforest , published by Friends of the Earth.