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Judi Lynn

(160,586 posts) Sat Mar 16, 2019, 12:35 AM Mar 2019

BRAZIL'S BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT WANTS TO CIRCUMVENT THE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW MINING ON INDIGENOUS LAN

BRAZIL'S BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT WANTS TO CIRCUMVENT THE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW MINING ON INDIGENOUS LANDS

The Brazilian minister of mines and energy stated that Brazil would open its indigenous territories to mining interests without the consent of the affected population.

SUE BRANFORD & MAURÍCIO TORRES 7 HOURS AGO

For many years, international and Brazilian mining companies have dreamed of getting access to the mineral wealth lying beneath indigenous lands. And finally, the government of Jair Bolsonaro seems determined to give them that opportunity. On March 4th, while Brazilians were distracted by Carnival celebrations, the new Minister of Mines and Energy Admiral Bento Albuquerque announced plans to permit mining on indigenous land.

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He also said that he intends to allow mining right up to Brazil's borders, abolishing the current 93-mile wide mining .

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BOLSONARO'S INDIGENOUS LAND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
The minister's announcement was not unexpected. Bolsonaro, an ex-army captain, has said that he admires the 1964–85 military dictatorship, and some are drawing parallels between Bolsonaro's policies and theirs regarding indigenous and quilombola communities.

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Back in 1976, Maurício Rangel Reis, interior minister in the military government of General Ernesto Geisel, expressed harsh views toward indigenous peoples: "We plan to reduce the number of Indians from 220,000 to 20,000 in 10 years," he declared. But the military didn't achieve this goal. Far from being eliminated, Brazil's indigenous numbers increased to their current 900,000 population.

More:
https://psmag.com/environment/bolsonaro-government-wants-to-open-indigenous-land-to-mining

Editorials and other articles:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016228588

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BRAZIL'S BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT WANTS TO CIRCUMVENT THE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW MINING ON INDIGENOUS LAN (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2019 OP

Yet no one seems to give a rat's ass about this situation. MRubio Mar 2019 #1

Off-topic. Please start your own thread for this article. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2019 #3

Oooh, those whacky right wingers. They're the same everywhere. Firestorm49 Mar 2019 #2

Identical, for sure. Greedy, live without consciences, until they are caught or outnumbered. Judi Lynn Mar 2019 #4

Please stay on topic. Oele Mar 2019 #5

Earlier: Bolsonaro's Davos speech promised anguish in indigenous lands Judi Lynn Mar 2019 #6

MRubio

(285 posts)

1. Yet no one seems to give a rat's ass about this situation.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Mar 16, 2019, 12:41 AM

Mar 2019

Gold and Grief in Venezuela’s Violent South

https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/andes/venezuela/073-gold-and-grief-venezuelas-violent-south

I challenge you guys to read every single word of it.

Judi Lynn

(160,586 posts)

3. Off-topic. Please start your own thread for this article. n/t

Reply to MRubio (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 16, 2019, 12:56 AM

Mar 2019

Firestorm49

(4,036 posts)

2. Oooh, those whacky right wingers. They're the same everywhere.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Mar 16, 2019, 12:43 AM

Mar 2019

Judi Lynn

(160,586 posts)

4. Identical, for sure. Greedy, live without consciences, until they are caught or outnumbered.

Reply to Firestorm49 (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 16, 2019, 02:02 AM

Mar 2019

Then, they pretend to apologize, to beg for mercy, yadda yadda yadda, as they have always known how evil they have been.

Oele

(128 posts)

5. Please stay on topic.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 16, 2019, 05:22 AM

Mar 2019

This thread is about Brazil, not about whacky right wingers everywhere.

Judi Lynn

(160,586 posts)

6. Earlier: Bolsonaro's Davos speech promised anguish in indigenous lands

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Sat Mar 16, 2019, 06:19 PM

Mar 2019

Published on 22/01/2019, 10:20pm

Comment: Presenting an acceptable Brazil to global investors, the president failed to mention measures he has taken that are already fuelling violence in indigenous lands

By Dinamam Tuxá

The first speech by president Jair Bolsonaro on an international stage, on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland causes immense concern to Brazil’s indigenous peoples.

When Bolsonaro said Brazil has used very little of its land for agriculture and livestock (an estimated 9% and 20% of the national territory respectively), the president repeats a narrative that overstates indigenous control of land that was central to his election campaign, which has fuelled an alarming increase in violence in the Amazon and other rural areas of Brazil.

In less than a month since the president took office, several indigenous territories have been invaded by thugs hoping to take possession of forests that are still standing because the nation’s indigenous peoples have prevented their destruction. Brazil’s indigenous peoples have been vital in combating the causes and consequences of climate change.

In his speech in Switzerland, Bolsonaro made clear that agribusiness and mining interests will be allowed to expand their boundaries.

More:
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2019/01/22/suffering-bolsonaro-omitted-davos-committed-brazil/

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