Brazil to step up removal of Indigenous land invaders after Yanomami killing
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Brazil will increase efforts to remove the remainder of wildcat miners from indigenous lands following a shooting attack by invaders that killed a Yanomami Indigenous person and left two others seriously injured, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said on Sunday. An inter-ministerial delegation is en route to Roraima state to “further reinforce actions […]
Attacks on Brazil’s Indigenous people rose sharply in 2021 – Catholic report
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Attacks on Brazil’s Indigenous people and invasions of their lands by illegal miners and loggers, mainly in the Amazon, increased dramatically in 2021, escalating an already “terrifying” situation, the Catholic Church’s Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi) said on Wednesday. In its annual report on violence against Indigenous people, Cimi detailed a dramatic intensification […]