With banners of No to PL 490, No to the Time Frame, Out with Mining and Out with Bolsonaro, communities protested peacefully today (11) in several regions.
Properly protected with masks and using 70% alcohol gel, the communities had already been informed that the trial that would take place in the Federal Superior Court (STF) had been suspended, this was not a reason for the protests to stop occurring.
Photos: Jacy Souza/ Wakywai Network
With young people and traditional leaders, they took their posters to the RRs, showing indignation and dissatisfaction with the federal government and its policy that seeks to abstain in the face of attacks on communities, and the invasion that has been happening unbridled in indigenous lands throughout Brazil.
Photos: Professor Leopoldo
The Indigenous leader, Valério Eurico, coordinator of the Raposa Region, for 11 years, has been organizing the protest in the Barrier of the Raposa region. He says that even without the trial having taken place, he tried to prepare the communities in his region for the mobilization, as it is important to be aware of what is happening, and says he has the help of teachers to answer questions from relatives about the judgment of the time frame and PL 490. He also mentioned the risks that mining brings to indigenous lands.
"We have been discussing this for a long time, but they continue to affect our rights and we have discussed a lot about the subject, there are people who think that mining brings benefits, but no, only pollution. Today it is bad, and so if they approve this time frame, it will happen even more, then we will not be able to hunt and fish. The time frame is a risk to our rights"
Photos: Charleni Cruz/ Wakywai Network
The Raposa region has suffered from the intensification of the entry of miners, especially in Serra do Atóla, in the Raposa 2 community.
The T.I Raposa Serra do Sol communities, such as Barro and communities in the Amajari and Serra da Lua regions held demonstrations demanding respect for their rights.