indigenous protest against bolsonaro bill in brazils capital
Organisers are hoping to gather 7,000 people from 200 of Brazil’s 305 tribes in this protest. The protestors want to demand Congress to not pass legislation proposed by President Jair Messias Bolsonaro. The bill sought to open protected lands to commercial mining and agriculture.
Sonia Guajajara, head of the country’s main indigenous umbrella organisation, said, “We will not retreat.” The organisation represents most of Brazil’s 900,000 indigenous people. Guajajara said that 400 indigenous communities still struggle to get their ancestral lands recognised in the country.
Protestors painted their bodies with the black and red dyes of Amazon fruit seeds. Reportedly, they put up tents on the grassy esplanade next to government ministries in central Brasilia to oppose the government bill. They also danced and chanted ritual songs.
President Jair Messias Bolsonaro reportedly said that indigenous people have too much land. He said not to recognise an inch more of reservation lands. He pushed for a law that would allow mining on Indigenous reservations. He said that he took this decision for the development of the country. He has long pushed for more mining and commercial farming in the Amazon to create jobs and reduce poverty. However, environmentalists said that the reservations save the rainforest from destruction.
Earlier, major mining firms operating in Brazil criticised Jair Bolsonaro’s push to legalise mining on Indigenous reservations. The Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM) said that the Bolsonaro-sponsored bill to allow mining on Indigenous lands was “inappropriate.” Prosecutors in Brazil accuse the booming illegal mining industry of using violence against indigenous communities.
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