Cimi Statement on Jair Bolsonaro’s UN speech
Contrary to the version presented in the president's speech, the reality experienced by indigenous peoples in Brazil, under the current government, is one of conflicts, violence and the denial of rights
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24/07/2020Organizações eclesiais e da sociedade civil lançam campanha de sensibilização e cuidado com a Amazônia
A campanha levanta o chamado a “Amazonizar-te”, em um convite de ações que articulem as lideranças dos povos e comunidades tradicionais, a Igreja na Amazônia, os diferentes organismos eclesiais, artistas e formadores de opinião, pesquisadores e cientistas.
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04/02/2019Tupinambá people from Olivença reaffirms resistance to Bolsonaro government’s measures
Through a letter to the national and international entities, first-contact people of the country assures they will not leave their territory
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05/12/2018Cimi’s Report: Brazil sees a systematic and continuous increase in violence against indigenous peoples
The Report Violence against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, published annually by the Indigenist Missionary Council (CIMI), shows in 2017 an increase in 14 of the 19 types of violence documented; indigenous lands are one of the main vectors of violence
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19/04/2013About 700 indigenous occupy Brazilian House of Representatives
Indians do not accept the proposal of leaders and occupy the full House INDIGENOUS APRIL 2013: DECLARATION OF INDIGENOUS NATIONAL MOBILIZATION IN DEFENSE OF INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES Photo: Cacique Raioni in the Plenary of the Brazilian House of Representatives April 16, 2013 Foto: Zeca Rbeiro (Agência Câmara) Site: Environmental Racism Brasil de Fato […]
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01/02/2013Newsletter nº 1050: After 46 years Xavante get their land back, totally destroyed
By Luana Luizy, Brasília The invasion and occupation of the Indigenous Land Marãwasitsédé of the Xavante people by non-indigenous is over, after 46 years. It has taken 17 years of hard struggle and patience, but the Xavante people can finally return to the homeland from which they were expelled in 1966. The removal of […]
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04/12/2012Indigenous leaders bring 20.000 signatures to Brasília demanding land demarcation
Today, Tuesday December 4th, about 70 indigenous leaders from Mato Grosso do Sul and various other regions of Brazil will be in Brasilia, to deliver to the Brazilian authorities over twenty thousand signatures of the campaign "I support the Indigenous Cause." The movement claims the demarcation of indigenous lands, the rejection of the Constitutional Amendment […]
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03/09/2010Report No. 929: Guarani community surrounded by gunmen
Group is without access to water, basic health services and educationThe indigenous Kaiowá Guarani community of Y’poí, located in the Paranhos (MS), are requesting help from the nation’s authorities. The group is surrounded by gunmen hired by landowners in the region. The community has retaken its traditional land on August 17, during the 2010 Free Land Camp […]
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27/08/2010Report No. 928: Symbolic Protest marks signing of the Belo Monte concession
Indigenous leaders protested today (26/8) before the Presidential Palace against the signing of the Decree awarding the contract for the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant to the Norte Energia Consortium, during the reinauguration session of the Palace [which has just completed renovations]. During the ceremony, they held banners repudiating the federal government’s action in destroying the environment seeking […]
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16/08/2010
Report no. 921: Indigenous leaders call for improved care and respect
The Indigenous Karaja and Kanela Commission attempt in vain to speak with the president of Funai. A commission formed by 12 indigenous leaders of the Karaja and Kanela peoples of Araguaia has been in Brasilia since Monday (July 5) to speak with the president of the National Foundation of Indigenous Affairs (FUNAI), Márcio Meira. The […]