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Investigators accuse YWAM of squelching tribal cultures.

Paul Asay | posted 3/13/2008 09:31AM

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"I think it's very fair that governments are concerned," said Tania Mendes, a Brazilian who has worked with Compassion International for four years.

Ribeiro admits that some NGOs are not trustworthy. "I know there are lots of other NGOs that are not serious," she said. "It's not difficult to find irregularities."

Brazil's Amazonian rainforest is home to more than 200 indigenous groups. According to press reports, Brazil's NGO investigation has been turned over to the National Intelligence Service, the country's equivalent of the FBI.

As of late February, no charges had been filed against YWAM or any of the other organizations.

Related Elsewhere:

Previous articles about Brazil are in our full-coverage section.

A YWAM training center in Denver was the scene of a shooting in December.

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