Guyana's Jungle Is Brazil's Agricultural Frontier

It's a long way from Roraima to pretty much anywhere in Brazil. The remote, sparsely populated state in Brazil's far north is thousands of kilometers from Brasilia and presents federal administrators with any number of logistical headaches. States like Roraima, however, have become the country's last agricultural frontier with millions of hectares of cheap land suitable for cultivation, while also boasting a treasure trove of untapped minerals. But with geographic isolation an inescapable fact, Brazil is turning its face to Guyana as it mulls ways of bringing the region's products to market – even if a northern route to the sea presents its own series of issues....