A AMAZÔNIA QUE AS ONGS NÃO QUEREM QUE VOCÊ CONHEÇA

Summary

Aldo Rebelo describes his extensive travels through the Amazon, emphasizing the region's vastness, indigenous peoples' desire for integration rather than isolation, and the historical alliance between Portuguese colonizers and indigenous groups that enabled Portuguese control. He criticizes NGOs and anthropologists for advocating isolation, and highlights the Amazon's cultural richness including cuisine, literature, and history.

• Aldo Rebelo recounts his 1979 student trip to the Amazon and subsequent travels.
• He describes flying over the Purus and Madeira rivers with no sign of human presence.
• He argues that indigenous peoples want integration, not isolation, contrary to NGO narratives.
• He criticizes the environmental restrictions on tourism development in Alter do Chão.
• He explains the historical alliance between Portuguese and indigenous peoples that secured the Amazon for Portugal.
• He details the sophisticated Amazonian cuisine, such as pato no tucupi.
• He mentions the importance of Jesuit economic enterprises in the Amazon.
• He compares historical tax rates (20% quinto) to modern Brazilian tax burden.