#Brazil: Indigenous tribes of the Javari Valley, in the Amazon, protest against Bolsonaro's bill to open indigenous lands to economic exploitation. The largest number of isolated indigenous people live in the Javari Valley.
Via @rubensvalente
Via @rubensvalente
@rubensvalente Bolsonaro's bill would open indigenous reserves to commercial mining, oil and gas exploration, cattle ranching and agribusiness, new hydroelectric dam projects, and tourism — projects that have been legally blocked under the country's 1988 Constitution. ecowatch.com/brazil-bolsona…
@rubensvalente The indigenous people also protested the appointment of an evangelical pastor, to head the department for isolated and recently contacted tribes at the indigenous agency Funai.
"We are ready for war," said indigenous chief Kora Kanamari.
"We are ready for war," said indigenous chief Kora Kanamari.
@rubensvalente The indigenous agency in the Brazilian capital tries to debunk the protest of the indigenous people. They lie that the indigenous people from the Javari Valley support the appointment of the former missionary of New Tribes from US.
@rubensvalente "Critics said Dia’s appointment threatened the survival of vulnerable isolated groups, which in the past have been decimated by diseases like measles and flu after coming into contact with evangelical missionaries, government employees and outsiders."
theguardian.com/world/2020/feb…
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