Brazil indigenous peoples clash with farmers and dams builders: demand respect for ancestral lands

Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:46 UTC

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Lawmakers from the Brazilian farm state of Mato Grosso do Sul asked President Dilma Rousseff's government to send troops to end land invasions by Indigenous people claiming their ancestral territory. Read full article

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golfcronie
No such problems in the FALKLANDS with the indigenous population there.
Jun 05th, 2013 - 08:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Math
Same terrorrists tactics of MST. Invade productive land, wait until nothing comes out if it (because they don't take care) and then invade more. All with jeans pants, guns and backed by cultural relativists of Funai and stupid anthopologists. Banana Republic.
Jun 05th, 2013 - 04:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Fido Dido
Those indians were nomads, history is certainly not behind their story. All what the Federal government must and can do is, “change the rules of the game”, reduce power of FUNAI, and move on (meaning farmers, also gun owners with help of federal government to get rid of them of the land).
Jun 05th, 2013 - 06:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
@3 Why not just call it “genocide”?
Jun 05th, 2013 - 07:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
#4 Because it is not genocide.

#3 Funai is an essential counterbalance to the ranchers, loggers and miners (see 'The Last of the Tribe').
Yes, the local 'indians' were and are nomadic, but less so these days as they need to be within reach of gasoline for their vehicles (The 'fancy dress' with feathers is largely for the cameras).
The Landless Peasant Movement is often confused with indiginous incursions onto ranchlands, but both have the same, politicised, ends (see WikiLeaks for a full expose from the US Brasilian Embassy to the US President's office, it is a truely excellent document).

I agree with Fido, it is right for the Belo Monte hydroelectric scheme to go ahead.
Jun 05th, 2013 - 09:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Fido Dido
“I agree with Fido, it is right for the Belo Monte hydroelectric scheme to go ahead.”

Thank you and that is exactly what they are doing in Brazil, they move on include with the Belo Monte dam. Copy paste cat Mercopress is behind with it's copy and paste news.
Jun 05th, 2013 - 11:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
#6 Mercopress is just one of the hundreds of regional news agencies, accumulating 'local' news in real time. The more distant agencies scan and republish. The World News Review prints daily updates grouping the world by region.
Mercopress works just like stringers do working for the local newspaper.

Sometimes Mercopress's news is 'poor', sometimes it suffers from poor translation in copy, sub., and editing. It sometimes gives a 'Western' slant. I find it more fun than the other regional agencies.
Jun 06th, 2013 - 08:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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