Brazil’s 300 Indigenous tribes have survived conquest, small pox, enslavement and assimilation. But will they, and will the Amazon, survive the Bolsonaro presidency? via DatelineSBS
In Brazil, supporters call him, ‘The Myth’.Home to some of the world’s deadliest cities, his promise of jailing corrupt politicians and relaxing gun laws help sweep him to power with 55 per cent of the vote.
However it’s Bolsonaro’s attitude to Brazil’s Indigenous tribes and land rights that could have the most devastating long term global impact. In the local press, Bolsonaro has been consistent and strident about his views towards indigenous land rights. “The new president chose people who favour deforestation, in favour of agribusiness, in favour of evangelism,” she tells Dateline.
Although Indigenous Brazilians make up less than one per cent of the population, they control 13 per cent of the land and they play a vital role as guardians of the world’s largest rainforest.
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