Brazil opposition launches ‘the most serious and vicious attack on Indigenous rights in decades,’ campaigners warn
Indigenous people hold a Brazilian national flag smeared with red ink, during a march to protest proposed legislation that would change the policy that demarcates Indigenous lands, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 30, 2023
OPPOSITION politicians in Brazil have launched “the most serious and vicious attack on Indigenous rights in decades,” campaigners warned on Thursday.
The Chamber of Deputies, Brazil’s lower house, voted through a Bill on Thursday that seeks to stripped powers away from the country’s Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change.
Both ministeries, led by prominent environmentalist women, were created by President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva when he retook office in January.
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