Brazil Congress overturns Lula veto on limit to Indigenous l

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned a presidential veto that had struck down the core of a bill to limit Indigenous land claims, setting up a likely clash at the Supreme Court. Indigenous groups had supported President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's veto, while the bill had the backing of the powerful farm lobby. In a joint session of both chambers, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to annul Lula's veto of a policy limiting claims to ancestral lands where Indigenous people lived in 1988.

Related Keywords

Brazil , Brasilia , Distrito Federal , Luiz Inacio Lula , Sonia Guajajara , Isadora Machado , Anthony Boadle , Jonathan Oatis , Brazil Congress , Reuters , Brazil Congress On , Supreme Court , President Luiz Inacio Lula , Indigenous Peoples Minister Sonia Guajajara , Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva , Presidential Veto , Indigenous Land Claims , Congress , Land Conflicts , Ndigenous People In Brazil , Indigenous Groups , The Supreme Court , Indigenous Leaders ,