BRAZIL INDIGENOUS
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Politics
Brazil’s lower house approves bill limiting recognition of indigenous land
Brasilia, May 30 (EFE).- Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved on Tuesday, by majority, the main text of a controversial…
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Social Issues
Brazil indigenous demonstrators set up roadblock to protest land demarcation bill
Sao Paulo, May 30 (EFE).- Members of a Brazilian indigenous group set up a roadblock Tuesday to protest a bill…
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Brazil authorities start expelling illegal miners from Yanomami reservation
Sao Paulo, Feb 8 (EFE).- Brazilian authorities said Wednesday they have begun expelling thousands of wildcat miners from the Yanomami…
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Heavy metals turn river in Brazil indigenous reserve intense yellow
Boa Vista, Brazil, Feb 2 (EFE).- A river that flows through the Yanomami indigenous reserve in northern Brazil has turned…
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Brazil moves to address health emergency on indigenous reserve
Boa Vista, Brazil, Jan 28 (EFE).- Thirty indigenous people have been treated so far at a field hospital set up…
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Thousands of indigenous Brazilians protest against illegal mining in Amazon
Brasilia, Apr 11 (EFE).- More than 6,000 indigenous people marched in Brasilia on Monday to protest against the policies of…
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Indigenous protesters in Brazil demand recognition of traditional land rights
Brasilia, Aug 25 (EFE).- Thousands of indigenous demonstrators gathered here Wednesday outside Brazil’s Supreme Court building ahead of a case…
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Politics
The last of the Juma
By Carlos Meneses Sánchez São Paulo, Feb 24 (efe-epa).- Aruká Juma’s death from Covid-19 complications last week marked the end…
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Politics
Violence against indigenous people rises in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Sao Paulo, Sep 30 (efe-epa).- Violence against indigenous people in Brazil increased markedly in 2019, rightist President Jair Bolsonaro’s first…
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