Amazon Diamonds

Joelma Cinta Larga, 19, sits in front of her home with her 8 month baby on the the Roosevelt Indian Reserve near Espigao D'oeste in Brazil's western state of Rondonia, Oct. 28, 2004, about 2,100 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro. Many believe the reservation holds South America's largest diamond lodes and could possibly pay Brazil's foreign debt, which has lead to a diamond rush on and around Indian lands. In April 2004, Indians from the Cinta Larga tribe killed 29 illegal diamond diggers inside their reservation. The massacre increased tensions between Indians and miners, and federal police since have stationed about 50 officers near the reservation, and conduct raids on nearby mines. (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)

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Joelma Cinta Larga, 19, sits in front of her home with her 8 month baby on the the Roosevelt Indian Reserve near Espigao D'oeste in Brazil's western state of Rondonia, Oct. 28, 2004, about 2,100 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro. Many believe the reservation holds South America's largest diamond lodes and could possibly pay Brazil's foreign debt, which has lead to a diamond rush on and around Indian lands. In April 2004, Indians from the Cinta Larga tribe killed 29 illegal diamond diggers inside their reservation. The massacre increased tensions between Indians and miners, and federal police since have stationed about 50 officers near the reservation, and conduct raids on nearby mines. (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)

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