Long TextExercise 44 of 83

On the western edge of the Amazon River basin, there is a proposal to construct a road. This road would connect the remote town of Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil, with the larger city of Pucallpa, Peru. The construction of the road has become a subject of contentious debate. Proponents of the road claim that it would…

• Why is the conversation described as contentious in the first paragraph?
• How could the relationship between the Asheninka and the mahogany trees be described?