Brazil’s President-Elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, should commit to concrete measures to back up his promises on the environment as government representatives gather for the COP27 climate summit meeting in Egypt.
Early on September 3, Janildo Oliveira Guajajara, a Guajajara man, was shot dead in Amarante do Maranhão, close to the Araribóia Indigenous land in the state of Maranhão. He was a member of a group of forest guardians who patrol their territory for illegal logging, the Araribóia guardians said. His teenage nephew was also shot, but survived. Another Guajajara man, Jael Carlos Miranda, died after he was run over in the town of Arame on the same day.
An official tasked with presiding over FUNAI, asked the federal police to investigate APIB, Brazil's main coalition of Indigenous organizations, after it criticized the government. He also requested an investigation of an Indigenous leader and that the intelligence agency “monitor” the activities of the Indigenous people the leader belongs to.
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