Majority of Brazil’s Congress votes to restrict Indigenous land advances

Majority of Brazil’s Congress votes to restrict Indigenous land advances

SÃO PAULO — On Tuesday, Brazil’s Lower House of Congress overwhelmingly voted and approved a bill to restrict the legal recognition of Indigenous territories throughout the country. Among many changes, the bill 490/2007 establishes a time frame — marco temporal in Portuguese — that only recognizes Indigenous land rights if they were living there or [……
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