Before leaving all their property burned, leaving nothing for the Indians. For the first time to be evicted from their land in the Brazilian Amazon, the Indians will not be: they have won, for the first time, a legal battle that recognizes their rights and prohibits landowners to split up another slice of forest. A having to pack, by hook or by crook, are white. Expiry of the deadline of 45 days for the voluntary withdrawal of non-Indians, the Brazilian federal police have in fact begun operations on the expulsion of large rice farmers (arrozeiros), landlords and peasants who still squatting the indigenous land Raposa / Serra do Sol, in the northern Amazon state of Roraima. THE STRENGTH OF
landowners - The head of the "arrozeiros", Paulo Cesar Quartiero, accused of multiple incidents of violence against the natives and local environmental damage, has endured nearly 12 hours in opposition to the evacuation of 25 patrol officers. His Fazenda Providencia, report the Brazilian newspapers, was awarded the "tuxaua" (native chief) Avelino Pereira of the community of Santa Rita to ten families of natives who live on agriculture. Local authorities estimate that the forced withdrawal of occupiers from Raposa continues, the tensions between at least two weeks.
THE DECISION OF THE COURT - In a decision that will impact also on the yet to demarcate indigenous lands, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court had ruled in mid-March for the expulsion of whites in the area still confirming the approval and without splitting of Raposa, 1.7 million hectares inhabited by 17,000 indigenous Macuxi, Wapixana, Ingariko, Patamon and Taurepang, already signed by President Lula in 2005 at the conclusion of a legal process that lasted nearly 30 years.
THE GOVERNOR, "BECOME 'ONE HUMAN ZOO" - To make matters worse, the governor also spoke of Roraima, José de Anchieta Júnior, always against the rights of the Indians. In statements to the newspaper "Globe" certainly has not hidden his disappointment at the Supreme Court's decision: "I do not claim nor want to discuss further. We have already discussed in depth. The Indian reservation in Roraima will turn into a real human zoo. Without contact with the Whites, who live there will see human animals. "
new threat for the Indians - there are some in the ruling clauses that could have serious consequences for the Indians in Brazil. The judges of the Supreme Court have determined that the federal governments of the Brazilian state - some notoriously anti-
Indians of Raposa during a visit to the Pope in Rome Indians - should be involved more actively in the process of demarcation of indigenous territories . Their participation could make the distinctions more difficult and slow. The ruling also states that indigenous peoples should not be consulted on development projects, while still covering their land, be declared "national interest". The judges also ruled that indigenous territories have been demarcated (and mapped) should not be extended. This particularly concerned about how the Guarani tribe, which have been legally recognized only small areas of land before the 1988 Constitution that guarantees their "original rights" on the ancestral lands. Ana Paula Souto Maior, a lawyer of the Brazilian NGO ISA (Socio Environmental Institute), said: "Some of these conditions are alarming and you just have to see what kind of impact will that have on many areas still waiting to be demarcated or extended."
Stephen Rhodes May 5, 2009
landowners - The head of the "arrozeiros", Paulo Cesar Quartiero, accused of multiple incidents of violence against the natives and local environmental damage, has endured nearly 12 hours in opposition to the evacuation of 25 patrol officers. His Fazenda Providencia, report the Brazilian newspapers, was awarded the "tuxaua" (native chief) Avelino Pereira of the community of Santa Rita to ten families of natives who live on agriculture. Local authorities estimate that the forced withdrawal of occupiers from Raposa continues, the tensions between at least two weeks.
THE DECISION OF THE COURT - In a decision that will impact also on the yet to demarcate indigenous lands, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court had ruled in mid-March for the expulsion of whites in the area still confirming the approval and without splitting of Raposa, 1.7 million hectares inhabited by 17,000 indigenous Macuxi, Wapixana, Ingariko, Patamon and Taurepang, already signed by President Lula in 2005 at the conclusion of a legal process that lasted nearly 30 years.
THE GOVERNOR, "BECOME 'ONE HUMAN ZOO" - To make matters worse, the governor also spoke of Roraima, José de Anchieta Júnior, always against the rights of the Indians. In statements to the newspaper "Globe" certainly has not hidden his disappointment at the Supreme Court's decision: "I do not claim nor want to discuss further. We have already discussed in depth. The Indian reservation in Roraima will turn into a real human zoo. Without contact with the Whites, who live there will see human animals. "
new threat for the Indians - there are some in the ruling clauses that could have serious consequences for the Indians in Brazil. The judges of the Supreme Court have determined that the federal governments of the Brazilian state - some notoriously anti-
Indians of Raposa during a visit to the Pope in Rome Indians - should be involved more actively in the process of demarcation of indigenous territories . Their participation could make the distinctions more difficult and slow. The ruling also states that indigenous peoples should not be consulted on development projects, while still covering their land, be declared "national interest". The judges also ruled that indigenous territories have been demarcated (and mapped) should not be extended. This particularly concerned about how the Guarani tribe, which have been legally recognized only small areas of land before the 1988 Constitution that guarantees their "original rights" on the ancestral lands. Ana Paula Souto Maior, a lawyer of the Brazilian NGO ISA (Socio Environmental Institute), said: "Some of these conditions are alarming and you just have to see what kind of impact will that have on many areas still waiting to be demarcated or extended."
Stephen Rhodes May 5, 2009
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