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Lula Vows to Stop Illegal Mining in Indigenous Areas in Brazil

HeadlineApr 13, 2022

Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has vowed to stop illegal mining in Indigenous areas and vowed to roll back rules set by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro that open up more land for mining. Lula spoke in Brasília, where thousands of Indigenous Brazilians have been camped out to protest Bolsonaro’s policies.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: “No one has done more than we have in our relations with the Indigenous people. And what’s serious is that practically everything we’ve done has been dismantled. … All decrees which have been an obstacle to the protection of the Indigenous people must be repealed immediately.”

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