The Battle For Brazil's Indigenous Land Hots Up
The Battle For Brazil's Indigenous Land Hots Up By Jordi MIRO 07/11/21 AT 9:36 PM Brazil's indigenous peoples are bracing for a legal battle with far-right President Jair's Bolsonaro's government as it seeks to rush laws through parliament to carve away at their land. Indigenous people, who represent some 0.5 percent of Brazil's population, hold about 13 percent of its land under ancestral rights guaranteed by the country's 1988 constitution. These have been under threat ever since Bolsonaro came to power in 2019 on the promise of ceding "not one centimeter more" to Brazil's native popula...
Source: ibtimes.com