Date first published: 24/04/2025
Key sectors: agriculture; mining; forestry
Key risks: civil unrest; supply chain disruption; business disruptions; trade disruptions
Risk development
Between 26 March and 8 April indigenous protests in the Amazon rainforest, Para state, led to a disruption of soybean shipments via the Miritituba river port, halting 70,000 tonnes of grain per day worth US$30m. The Munduruku people partially blocked the Trans-Amazonian highway near Miritituba to pressure the Supreme Court to overturn the 2023 law aimed at limiting their land rights. The disruption came as Chinese demand for the country’s soybeans surged amid its trade war with the US.
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