Protests Flare as Brazil Approves Bill Limiting Recognition of Tribal Lands

By Anthony Boadle and Leonardo Benassatto BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, May 30 (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved on Tuesday night a bill to limit the recognition of new Indigenous reservations, a decision seen by environmentalists and human rights advocates as a setback after intense pressure from the farm lobby. The approval, by 283 votes […]

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