Brazil’s government has started removing people from two Indigenous territories in a move likely to affect thousands who live in the heart of the Amazon rainforest
Brazil’s government on Monday began removing people from two Indigenous territories in a move that will affect thousands who live in the heart of the
“The presence of strangers on Indigenous land threatens the integrity of the Indigenous and causes other damages, such as the destruction of forests,” the agency said in its statement. It added that about 1,600 families live illegally in that region with some involved in illegal activities such as cattle raising and gold mining. “They also destroy native vegetation.”
In the case before the court, Santa Catarina state argued that the date Brazil’s Constitution was promulgated — Oct. 5, 1988 — should be the deadline for when Indigenous peoples to have already either physically occupied land or be legally fighting to reoccupy territory. Nine of 11 justices of Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled against that argument, a decision that has far-reaching implications for territories nationwide.Man convicted of stealing $1.
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