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Indigenous groups want the Brazilian government to recognize more of their territories and protect them from criminal activities. A group of 40 Indigenous leaders met President Lula at the presidential palace.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of Indigenous people marched on Thursday in Brazil's capital, calling on the government to officially recognize lands they have lived on for centuries and to
Indigenous people protest over ancestral lands in Brazil
Thousands of Indigenous people marched on Thursday in Brazil's capital, calling on the government to officially recognize lands they have lived on for centuries and to protect territories from criminal activities like illegal mining. With posters bearing messages like, “The future is Indigenous,” they walked towards Three Powers Square, where Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Planalto presidential palace are located in Brasilia. Indigenous leaders from the Kayapo, Panará and Munduruku tribes said they hadn't been adequately consulted and feared the new infrast...
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Several thousand Indigenous demonstrators marched chanting to drum beats on Thursday to the seat of power in Brazil's capital to protest against the government's failure to protect their ancestral lands. The annual event this year focused Indigenous anger over plans to build a railway to transport grain from farm states to Amazon ports for export that they fear will destroy the environment of tribal communities near the Tapajos river. "Ferrograo is the train of death, of deforestation," said Alessandra Korap Munduruku, winner of the Goldman environment...