How is Bolsonaro’s government dismantling the Brazilian indigenist policy?

Abstract

Reviewed by Giovanna Imbernon. "The Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is clear about his stance on indigenous issues and peoples. Already during his presidential campaign, he said that his administration would not demarcate "even a centimeter" of indigenous lands, a promise that he is keeping. Recently, he would say that indigenous peoples were "evolving" and that they were "almost humans like us." Not surprisingly, there is a widespread perception that the violence against indigenous peoples increased because perpetrators find encouragement in the president's prejudicial assessments regarding such populations and his frequent appeals to invade indigenous lands."

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