May June 2020

Advocates Say Brazil Not Protecting Indigenous During Pandemic

Advocates Say Brazil Not Protecting Indigenous During Pandemic

WEB-ONLY: Invasions of indigenous lands continue despite COVID-19 SAO PAULO (CNS) -- Church-backed agencies are accusing the Brazilian government of doing very little to protect the country's indigenous population from being contaminated by COVID-19 and say new government measures could increase the number of farmers and loggers invading indigenous territory. The Brazilian bishops' Indigenous Missionary Council, known by its Portuguese acronym as CIMI, said that instead of adopting appropriate measures to protect the indigenous populations from the pandemic, Brazil's National Indian Foundation published a measure that will allow any of the 237 indigenous lands not yet officially demarcated...