Indigenous in São Paulo: Erased by a colonial education curriculum
In Brazil’s biggest city, descendants of the original inhabitants live in invisibility and struggle to keep their traditions despite São Paulo’s celebrated cultural diversity
by Jennifer Ann Thomas on 28 April 2021
São Paulo, the biggest city in the western hemisphere, is home to two Indigenous reserves with vastly differing fates.
The Jaraguá reserve is the smallest in Brazil, hemmed in by a controversial property development and highways that commemorate colonizers who enslaved and massacred the Indigenous population.
On the much larger Tenondé Porã reserve, residents grow their own food and speak their own language.
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Brazil court flags rupture risk at Vale’s Norte Larajeiras dam
The Brucutu mine in Minas Gerais state (Credit: Vale)
The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) ruled on Thursday to reestablish a decision that prevents the resumption of activities in the Norte Larajeiras dam, owned by Vale, in Minas Gerais state.
The company slashed output from its Brucutu mine Vale’s biggest mine in Minas Gerais state in December to evaluate the stability of the dam.
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Vale reported 19.5% quarter-over-quarter decline in production in 1Q2
The STJ’s recent decision was based on new information provided by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF), which reported a risk of rupture at Norte Laranjeiras.
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Intimidation of Brazil’s enviro scientists, academics, officials on upswing
Increasingly, Brazilian environmental researchers, academics and officials appear to be coming under fire for their scientific work or views, sometimes from the Jair Bolsonaro government, but also from anonymous Bolsonaro supporters.
Researchers and academics have come under attack for their scientific work on agrochemicals, deforestation and other topics, as well as for their socio-environmental views. Attacks have taken the form of anonymous insults and death threats, gag orders, equipment thefts, and even attempted kidnapping.
A range of intimidation is being experienced by officials, including firings and threats of retaliation for institutional criticism at IBAMA, Brazil’s environment agency, ICMBio, the Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation overseeing Brazil’s national parks, and FUNAI, the Indigenous affairs agency.