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Health crisis leads scores of Yanomami to roam the streets

Yanomami Indigenous people eat food cooked on a fire in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Many Yanomami Indigenous are living in the streets after years of neglect during the previous government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro led to a health crisis among the Yanomami while gold miners swarmed illegally into their territory. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) Yanomami Indigenous people cook food on a fire in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Many Yanomami Indigenous are living in the streets after years of neglect during the previous government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro led to a health crisis among the Yanomami while gold miners swarmed illegally into their territory. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) Oma Yanomami, left, Bonita Yanomami, center, and their daughter, Yanomami Indigenous people, eat food on the streets of Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Many Yanomami Indigenous people are living in the streets after years of neglect during the previous government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro led to a health crisis among the Yanomami while gold miners swarmed illegally into their territory. In September, the family was medivaced to Boa Vista to accompany their 3-year-old son, who was ill with malaria. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) Yanomami Indigenous people eat food cooked on fire in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Many Yanomami Indigenous are living in the streets after years of neglect during the previous government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro led to a health crisis among the Yanomami while gold miners swarmed illegally into their territory. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) A Yanomami Indigenous person cooks food on a fire in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Many Yanomami Indigenous are living in the streets after years of neglect during the previous government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro led to a health crisis among the Yanomami while gold miners swarmed illegally into their territory. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)