Leaders of Brazil's Mura people said on Friday tensions have risen in the Autazes region where they live after a federal agency crew visited the area to discuss potentially demarcating their ancestral land, which overlaps with an area where a Canadian company wants to build a potash mine.
Indigenous Mura people pose for a picture in a deforested area of a non-demarcated indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil, August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Sergio, a Mura leader, said false information began to circulate after Funai showed up, including that the agency would "take away farmers' land." Sergio said Funai's mission was only to explain a potential future demarcation, which is a long process. But the area is rife with conflict, with Amazonian tribes having suffered for decades with farmers' encroaching on their reservations.
Federal prosecutor Fernando Soave said ongoing court-supervised Mura consultations have not been "free" or "in good faith," citing threats against the Mura since the company began trying to approve the mine project.
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