Protests flare as Brazil approves bill limiting recognition of tribal lands

Brazil lawmakers vote to limit demarcation of Indigenous reserves

The bill, which has yet to move to the Senate, was promoted by representatives sympathetic to the agribusiness sector.

Brazil's Indigenous people protest as lawmakers vote to limit their land rights

Brazilian Indigenous leaders and environmentalists are outraged after lawmakers approved a measure that would affect claims to Indigenous land, and potentially, environmental protections.

Brazilian lawmakers vote to limit recognition of Indigenous reserves

Brazil's lower house of Congress approved legislation Tuesday that would limit expanded demarcations of Indigenous lands, which are considered key to protecting the Amazon and its native peoples.The text, passed by the Chamber of Deputies on a 283-155 vote, establishes that reserves can only be on land occupied by Indigenous people at the time of the promulgation of the current constitution, in 1988.The bill, which has yet to move to the Senate,…

Brazilian lawmakers vote to limit recognition of Indigenous reserves

Brazil's lower house of Congress approved legislation Tuesday that would limit expanded demarcations of Indigenous lands, which are considered key to protecting the Amazon and its native peoples.

Brazil’s lower house approves bill limiting recognition of indigenous land

Brasilia, May 30 (EFE).- Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved on Tuesday, by majority, the main text of a controversial bill that limits the recognition of indigenous lands in the country. The bill, which was passed with 283 votes in favor and 155 against, will now go to the Senate. If approved, it will head to the office of President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva to be signed into law or vetoed. The bill recognizes as indigenous land only thos…