![Indigenous leaders and OTCA member countries' representatives at a meeting in Brasilia in July.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/OTCA-300x200.jpg)
Can Amazon Basin Presidents Find Consensus on Protecting the Forest?
AQ talked to Kleber Karipuna, member of the organizing committee of the OTCA presidential summit, on the challenges facing the region—from crime to carbon markets.
![Cândido Rondon, Brazilian explorer and general, pictured in 1930.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Marechal_Rondon-scaled-e1681506014402-300x198.jpeg)
The Complex Legacy of Brazilian Explorer Cândido Rondon
The general was an early advocate for Indigenous people—but reality has fallen brutally short of his ideals.
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