I've been down there. The locals are kinda touche' when you say "slash & burn". They prefer to call it "clearing the land".
Corruption is so bad, it's had to imagine anyone putting a stop it, anywhere in LA, except where saner heads are cashing in big time on eco-tourisim, like in Costa Rica.
The correct term is Swidden agriculture.
Note, at work I am forced to perform Swidden ironwork.
Slash and weld.
Corruption is so bad>>
They recently killed an activist catholic nun down in the amazon.