Police tear gas indigenous protest for land rights in Brazil
Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a group of indigenous people protesting on Tuesday outside Brazil s Congress against a bill lawmakers were about to debate that would undermine recognition of protected reservation lands. The bill, known as PL 490 and backed by Brazil s powerful farm caucus in Congress, is aimed at curtailing indigenous rights to land that was still unoccupied as of 1988. It also seeks to open up protect…
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