Brazil sees rapid rise in land conflicts, Catholic agency reports
Jun 3, 2021 catholic news service
Kayapo indigenous people block a key Brazilian grain highway during a protest in Novo Brasil Aug. 18, 2020. The tribe said in a statement that the federal government has not consulted them on a plan to build a railway next to their land. (Credit: Lucas Landau/Reuters via CNS.)
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 registered the highest number of land conflict incidents in Brazil since 1985, the Catholic-affiliated Pastoral Land Commission reported.
SAO PAULO Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 registered the highest number of land conflict incidents in Brazil since 1985, the Catholic-affiliated Pastoral Land Commission reported.