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Brazil’s Top Court Delays Ruling on Case That Could Reshape Indigenous Sovereignty 

HeadlineSep 16, 2021

Brazil’s Supreme Court has delayed a decision on a case that could determine if thousands of Indigenous people can reclaim stolen ancestral lands. The move by Brazil’s high court to indefinitely suspend a ruling came after thousands of Indigenous people representing 176 groups camped out in the capital Brasília to condemn the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and the genocide of Indigenous peoples. 

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