{"id":196030,"date":"2021-10-04T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=196030"},"modified":"2021-09-28T06:11:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T05:11:14","slug":"indigenous-people-of-brazil-fight-for-their-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/10\/indigenous-people-of-brazil-fight-for-their-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous People of Brazil Fight for Their Future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tukanos from Amazon rainforest (Image by James Martins \/ CC)<\/p><\/div>\n

17 Sep 2021 – <\/em>Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has given new license to the killing<\/a> of Indigenous people in Brazil. Before he came to power in 2019, it wasn\u2019t clear what he wanted to build, but he knew exactly who and what he wanted to destroy: the Indigenous people and the Amazon rainforest respectively.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBolsonaro attacked a woman first, the land, our mother\u201d, the Indigenous leader C\u00e9lia Xakriab\u00e1 told me. \u201cWe have no choice but to fight back.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Since becoming president, the former Army captain, who served under the country\u2019s last military dictator, has led an unprecedented war against the environment and the people protecting it. A slew of anti-Indigenous legislation<\/a>, escalated<\/a> violence against and assassinations of Indigenous land defenders, and the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> have threatened the existence of Brazil\u2019s original people, the Amazon rainforest and the future of the planet.<\/p>\n