A very hard-hitting interview with Neil Giardino, an American journalist whose storytelling focus is on the Amazon and indigenous peoples. Neil is a freelance journalist who has stories published on NBC and Al Jazeera, who just returned from a trip to Paraguay where he reported on land eviction of indigenous people from their ancient and traditional lands.

In this episode, we cover several key topics, including:

Drinking Terere, and the medicinal purposes of Yerba mate 2:08

How Indigenous communities in Paraguay are fighting big soy. Amid pesticide contamination and land evictions, tribal leaders say their villages in Paraguay are at a crisis point. 5:05

The Asháninka village of Boca Pachiri  a violent flashpoint along the global cocaine trade route - a seemingly peaceful indigenous community surrounded by enemies — armed coca farmers, narco-traffickers, and a splintered faction of narco-terrorists. 11:10

Tips on how to begin telling stories, even before starting formally in a journalism career. 14:52

and much , much more!

Connect with Neil Giardino:

https://twitter.com/NeilGiardino

https://abcnews.go.com/author/neil_giardino

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/30/how-paraguay-indigenous-communities-are-fighting-big-soy

Neil's Image of Ava Guarani children observe a tractor spraying pesticides at the edge of their village [Neil Giardino/Al Jazeera

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