The Stories Behind the Tweets

The Stories Behind the Tweets, hosted by William Parrs, looks at stories from all corners of the world that cannot be reduced to 140 characters. In today's program, we look at Sau Paulo, Brazil's south side, a wealthy neighborhood where a group of 1,500 Pankraun Indians are trying to hold on to their community and way of life amid a high-end construction boom; the plight of the indigenous peoples of isolated northeast India and how development in the form of mining companies is encroaching on their way of life; and the spectacular salt mines of Uyuni in Bolivia, which are also home to the world's largest deposits of lithium. What this does this mean for Bolivia and its future? teleSUR