After gold miners shoot Yanomani people, Brazil cuts environmental regulation further
by Mongabay.com on 13 May 2021
With 300 votes in favor and 122 against, Brazil’s Lower House passed the draft of a bill on May 12 that withdraws environmental impact assessments and licensing for development projects, ranging from construction of roads to agriculture.
The measure, which was submitted to the Senate for its appraisal, is backed by President Jair Bolsonaro and the powerful conservative agribusiness lobby the ‘ruralistas’ who champion it as a way of slashing red tape on environmental licensing, to facilitate “self-licensing” infrastructure projects.
Congressmen, experts and activists opposed to it are convinced the new legal framework will inevitably fast-track approval of high-risk projects, leading to deforestation and the escalation of violence against traditional communities.
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Karipuna people sue Brazil government for alleged complicity in land grabs
by Shanna Hanbury on 6 May 2021
Leaders of the Karipuna Indigenous group in Brazil are suing the government for what they say is complicity in the continued invasion and theft of their land.
Findings by Greenpeace and the Catholic Church-affiliated Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) show 31 land claims overlapping onto the Karipuna Indigenous Reserve, while 7% of the area has already been deforested or destroyed.
The Karipuna Indigenous, who rebuilt their population to around 60 in the last few decades from just eight members who survived mass deaths by disease that followed their forced contact with the outside world in the 1970s, are seeking damages of $8.2 million, the right to permanent protection, and the cancellation of all outsider land claims to their territory.
Full article Witzel claimed he did not have a fair trial
Former Governor of Rio de Janeiro Wilson Witzel s impeachment has been upheld unanimously Friday by the Special Mixed Court (TEM), which means he has been permanently relieved from office and is furthermore ineligible for the next five years.
Witzel had been charged by a Federal Prosecutor for participating in a scheme of diversion of resources destined to the fight against the covid-19 pandemic. The ten judges - five deputies and five judges - voted for the permanent removal from office. For the impeachment to be confirmed, seven votes were needed. And only one of the votes, that of Congressman Alexandre Freitas, partially dissented and proposed a four-year ban.