Brazil: Indigenous Activists Protest Loss of Land Rights
  • 8 years ago
Indigenous groups in Brazil continue to protest the proposed law PEC 215 that threatens their land rights. The measure would transfer the power to demarcate land from indigenous agencies to a Congress controlled by wealthy land owners and agribusiness. “If PEC 215 passes, we won’t have the right to live on our own lands anymore,” said one indigenous leader. “We won’t have the power to govern our people. We won’t be able to demand anything. teleSUR
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