Posts tagged Amazonian tribes
Not One Centimeter: President Bolsonaro’s War on Indigenous Rights

As the current president of Brazil, Bolsonaro maintains his rhetoric that allowing indigenous tribes to occupy territory— to which they hold exclusive rights—is tantamount to economic suicide. Under his administration, the Amazonian tribes are in danger of losing all of their ancestral lands and being forced to assimilate into Brazilian society, to line the pockets of gold and diamond mining companies.

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