In Brazil’s capital, Indigenous leaders rally as land disputes and mining pressures grow

Indigenous people in Brazil have marched in the capital, Brasilia, to protest what they say are violations of their land rights.
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Indigenous protest in the Amazon forces Brazil's Lula to revoke waterway decree

The decree authorized the government to assess the concession of waterways to private operators, including the responsibility for maintenance, dredging and vessel‑traffic management. The decision ...
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Advocates for Indigenous people in prison say Ottawa must hire new Correctional Investigator

The last Correctional Investigator, Ivan Zinger, left in protest in January, and so far government hasn’t moved to fill his ...
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Indigenous groups protest for land rights in Brazil capital

Thousands of representatives of Indigenous peoples gathered in Brasília on Tuesday to protest threats to their land rights, marching through Three Powers Plaza, home to Brazil’s Supreme Court, ...
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Indigenous groups demand greater land protection in Brazil protest

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indigenous tribes in Brazil are demonstrating to demand more legal protections for their homelands in the face of massive ...
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In Brazil’s capital, Indigenous leaders rally as land disputes and mining pressures grow

BRASILIA (AP) — Thousands of Indigenous people marched in Brazil’s capital on Tuesday to protest what they say are violations of their land rights by large corporations advancing farming, logging and ...
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Indigenous protest in the Amazon forces Brazil's Lula to revoke waterway decree

SAO PAULO — The Brazilian government said Monday it would revoke a decree signed by leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that allowed private concessions for waterways, following 33 days of ...