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The Scramble for the Amazon: Rubber, Ruin, and the Acre War
While Europe carved up Africa at Berlin and Asia through treaties like Nanjing, a different kind of colonial extraction was happening in the dense heart of South America. This episode explores the Acre War, where Brazilian rubber tappers, known as Seringueiros, clashed with Bolivian forces over the resource-rich territory that would become the state of Acre. We examine the role of Plácido de Castro, the indigenous and mixed-race Caboclo communities who built their own republic, and the geopolitical maneuvering that led to the Treaty of Petrópolis. It is a story of latex, violence, and how…
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