Brazil's Supreme Court hears arguments in case over scope of constitution's protection of indigenous land as President Bolsonaro warns against 'handing Brazil over to the indigenous'
"We expect some common sense from the Supreme Court. If not, we'll have to hand Brazil over to the indigenous," says President Jair Bolsonaro, as court adjourns hearings in case over scope of constitution's protection of indigenous land.
Brazil's Supreme Court has heard arguments in a seminal case over the scope of the constitution's protection of indigenous land. The powerful agribusiness lobby argues that those protections should only apply to territory whose inhabitants were present in 1988, when the constitution was adopted. Indigenous protesters have been camped out in the capital Brasilia for weeks, though it is unclear how long the ruling will take.